Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there
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Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there is no help
from kinsfolk for one whom death has seized
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Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the
Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice Scholars of the middle class, when they have heard about it, seem now to keep it and now to lose it Scholars of the lowest class, when they have heard about... SECOND--THE DAILY REGIME OF AFFIRMATION
I affirm truth to be my desire and possession I affirm health to be my rightful claim I affirm fearlessness of that which I have feared I affirm cause and reason only for courage I affirm that reason is independent of fear I affirm my sover... Self is the lord of self, who else could be
Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find ... SELF OF ME DEMANDS COURAGE!"
Dr Haddock will open new views of individual nature, personal fears, avenues of self-unfoldment, which are wholesome and uplifting for you The following lessons are more than a conquest of fear; they are A GREAT ADVENTURE into the heart of a cour... Shall we then dispense with correction? The (method of)
Shall we then dispense with correction? The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil The delusion of the people (on this point) has indeed subsisted for a long time ... Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream
Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter; irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them; grave like a guest (in awe of his host); evanescent like ice that is melting away; unpretentious like wood that has not been ... SIGNS OF THE NEW LIFE
Deity is neither Jew nor Gentile; He is the Infinite All-Good--the Eternal White Life The Infinite and Eternal White Life is evolving a Universe toward the ultimate perfection of absolute harmony All HUMAN BEINGS are in fundamental nat... Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle
Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured ... Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it ... So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the
So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height... So long as the love of man towards women, even
So long as the love of man towards women, even the smallest, is not destroyed, so long is his mind in bondage, as the calf that drinks milk is to its mother ... Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous people
Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous people go to heaven; those who are free from all worldly desires attain Nirvana ... Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there
Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there is no help from kinsfolk for one whom death has seized ... Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods ... Spells Recited During The Cleansing
Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda:-- O Ahura Mazda! most beneficent Spirit, maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the de... Spiritual Power Fixing His Term Of Years
At this time the great men among the Likkhavis, hearing that the lord of the world had entered their country and was located in the Amra garden, went thither riding in their gaudy chariots with silken canopies, and clothed in gorgeous robes, bot... Stop the stream valiantly, drive away the desires, O Brahmana!
Stop the stream valiantly, drive away the desires, O Brahmana! When you have understood the destruction of all that was made, you will understand that which was not made ... Such a one who does his duty is tolerant like
Such a one who does his duty is tolerant like the earth, like Indra's bolt; he is like a lake without mud; no new births are in store for him ... Tao has of all things the most honoured place
Tao has of all things the most honoured place No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface ... Tao when nursed within one's self,
Tao when nursed within one's self, His vigour will make true; And where the family it rules What riches will accrue! The neighbourhood where it prevails In thriving will abound; And when 'tis seen throughout the state, ... That deed is not well done of which a man
That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face ... That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields,
That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind ... That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge;
That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain ... That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete'
That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken:--all real completion is comprehended under it ...