Saturday, 22 October 2016

Words & Wisdom (22 Oct. 16)


BODY

The whole of this body is sacred, if the light of the True One shines in it.
-       Guru Nanak

This body, then, is made up of the great elements, Ahankara-egotism, Buddhi-intellect ot judgement, the unmanifest, invisible spirit: the ten centres of action, the mind, and the five objects of sense; desire, aversion, pleasure and plan; persistency of life, and firmness, the power of cohesion.
-       Shri Krishna

The self below will continually drag down the man who is not self-conquered.

-       Shri Krishna

Friday, 21 October 2016

Words & Wisdom (21 Oct. 16)


BLESSING
Blest are they who do not see
Death upon the family,
Friend in trouble, stolen wife,
Ruin of the nation’s life.
-       Panchatantra

Knowledge and mental self-culture will confer untold blessing upon you.

-       Har Dayal

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Words & Wisdom (20 Oct. 16)


BUDDHISM

Buddhism originated with subtlest human perception of the things and ways of the world.
-       J.M. Ganguli

Salutation to the Buddha who teaches!
Salutation to the Dhamma that saves!
Salutation to the Sangha which is supreme!
     -    Rabindranath Tagore, Natir Puja

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Words & Wisdom (19 Oct. 16)


BEVERAGE

If we could see with our own eyes the shameful treatment meted out to the workers on the coffee, tea and cocoa plantations in India, then we would freely renounce the enjoyment of these beverages.

-       Gandhiji

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Amazing Facts About Earthworms

Words & Wisdom (18 Oct. 16)


BEGGAR
Beggars-born less keenly suffer
Than the men who crash
From a life of comfort to a
Deficit of cash.
-       Panchatantra

Beggars will rule henceforth from the thrones of kings!
-       Rabindranath Tagore

Let us not forget that the Government in a free country is the best of beggars. And we must be charitable to it.

-       Jagat S. Bright, Cambridge Book of Essays