Gaia: E=MC² Energy Meditation & Prayers for those in Need - Prayer Circle For The Sick - Stolen by ME (I confess)

reverence + compassion

http://karuna.gaia.com — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:33:02 GMT

The Jains in India consider reverence for life and nonviolence to be the lodestar of their religion. One of their prayers goes:

"May I always have a friendly feeling
toward all living beings in the world
and may the stream of compassion
always flow from my heart
toward distressed and afflicted
living beings.'

on Service

http://karuna.gaia.com — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:45:34 GMT

Helping out is not some special skill.
It is not the domain of rare individuals.
It is not confined to a single part or time of our lives.
We simply heed the call of that natural caring impulse
and follow where it leads.

-Ram Dass and Paul Gorman

I don't know what your destiny will be,
but one thing I do know;
the only ones among you who will really be happy
are those who have sought
and found how to serve.

-Albert Schweitzer

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.

-the Dalai Lama

If one is to do good,
it must be done in minute particulars.

-William Blake

Small service
is true service.

-William Wordsworth

Service is the rent each of us pays for living -
the very purpose of life.

-Marian Wright Edelman

Stolen by ME (I confess)

http://leendert.gaia.com — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:41:30 GMT

But for a good cause:

Quote:"

Dhammapada (attributed to Buddha)
     Instead of a thousand words,
     Better just one,
     One that brings peace.
     Instead of a thousand verses,
     Better just one,
     One that shows beauty.
     Instead of a thousand songs,
     Better just one,
     One that spreads joy.

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century
Out there, besides what is right and what is wrong, there is an enormous field.
That is where we will meet.

Prophet Mohammed, 7th century
     Oh Allah! I come to you because you know all, even what is hidden.
      If what I am doing is good for me and my religion, for my life now and later, then let the task be easy and blessed.
      If what I am doing now is bad for me and my religion, for my life now and later, then keep me far from this task.

Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 7;7-8
     Ask, and it shall be given you;
      seek and you shall find;
      knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
     For every one that asks receives;
     and he that seeks finds:
     And to him that knocks,
     it shall be opened.

Jewish prayer for peace
      We shall go the mountain of the Lord, where we shall walk with Him. We shall change our swords into plows and our spears into baskets for harvesting fruit.
      Let no nation raise its sword against another, and let us never learn the art of war.
      And no-one should fear his neighbor, because thus spoke the Lord.

Lao Tsu, China – 6th century B.C.
     For there to be peace in the world, the nations must live in peace.
     For there to be peace among nations, cities must not rise up against one another.
     For there to be peace in the cities, neighbors must get on well with one another.
     For there to be peace among neighbors, harmony must reign in the home.
     For there to be harmony at home, it must be found in your own heart."

Blessings

Leendert