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The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.
Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth.
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.
A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.
It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ.
Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
He who hears this name [God] from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away.
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.
Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.
Just as the blessings of God are unutterably great, so their acquisition requires much hardship and toil undertaken with hope and faith.
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
Of all deadly sins, this is the most deadly, namely, that any one should think he is not guilty of a damnable and deadly sin before God.
The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by what it says in chapter two.
In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.
Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.
Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.
And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.
Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according to the Scriptures.
If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others.
If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.
The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas.
What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world.
While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.
There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Ghost, and he himself a prophet.
‎We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.
Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another.
The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.
Wrong perceptions cannot be removed by guns and bombs. They should be removed by deep listening, compassionate listening, and loving space.
To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.
That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.
The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of the Gospel.
Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.
God's entire divine nature is wholly and entirely in all creatures, more deeply, more inwardly, more present than the creature is to itself.
And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
Some will object that the Law is divine and holy. Let it be divine and holy. The Law has no right to tell me that I must be justified by it.
Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.
With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this.
There are two ways to wash the dishes. One way is to wash them to get them clean. The other way is to wash them in order to wash the dishes.
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.
When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that word be but in a whisper.
The Holy Ghost is not a Sceptic, and He has not inscribed in our hearts uncertain opinions, but, rather, affirmations of the strongest sorts.
In many countries there are particular places to which devils more especially resort. In Prussia there is an infinite number of evil spirits.
The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.