If there were no people who are as forgiving as the earth, there would be no peace among humans, only constant conflict caused by anger.
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Society
Across world spiritual traditions, society refers to the collective human experience and its structures. Many traditions converge on the importance of community and social responsibility. They diverge in their views on the role of individual freedom versus collective harmony.
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However, anger has been given to humans for the destruction of the world.
Knowledge is what moves towards unity, and when it reaches the supramental level, it grasps the oneness, essence, and self-law of existence, and views and handles the many things from that light and fullness, somewhat like the Divine does from the highest point from which He embraces the world.
This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.
Time is more precious than money, and more valuable than anything in the world. It's the greatest treasure, the essence of life. Use time wisely for spiritual growth, and don't waste a single moment.
You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God, so try to cultivate love for his divine presence.
Whatever a great person does, others do likewise; whatever standard he sets, the world follows.
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः | स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ||३-२१||
The jnani lets go of his identification with worldly things, distinguishing 'not this, not this'.
Farming, cattle-herding, and trade make up the work of a vaishya, born of his own nature; and service is the work of a shudra, likewise born of his own nature.
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् | परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ||१८-४४||
The duties of brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras, Parantapa, are distributed according to the gunas that arise from their own nature.
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप | कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ||१८-४१||
The river of life (or the world) is terrible.
The desire to live among people is like a binding cord.
Without giving up worldly attachments, one can never achieve true happiness. Without renunciation, one can never attain their highest good or find peace.
Punishment, O king, quickly sets the world on the path of righteousness. Righteousness exists in the Brahmanas, based on truth.
Vasudeva is the great Master of all the worlds, the Lord of all, and Eternal!
Forgiveness is a virtue of the weak and an ornament of the strong. Forgiveness conquers all in this world; what is it that forgiveness cannot accomplish?
If I be lifted up on the Cross, will draw all men unto Me.
A gnostic being will have not only a truth-conscious control over the physical world through the realized spirit's power but also the full power of the mental and vital planes, utilizing their greater forces to perfect physical existence.
The living being is none other than the Brahman, the whole world is the Brahman.
They understood this self-building as the creation by man in himself of that other world, or the high-ordered harmony of infinite being, which already exists perfect and eternal in the Divine Infinite.