“And when those networks of bells, Ânanda, were shaken by the wind there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating.” – MAHÂ-SUDASSANA SUTTA
As Adam (19)
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As Adam (18)
“Before the seas, and this terrestrial ball,
And Heav’n’s high canopy, that covers all,
One was the face of Nature” – Ovid, Metamorposes
As Adam (17)
“He is my self within the heart, smaller than a corn of rice, smaller than a corn of barley, smaller than a mustard seed, smaller than a canary seed or the kernel of a canary seed. He also is my self within the heart, greater than the earth, greater than the sky, greater than heaven, greater than all these worlds.” – The Upanishads
As Adam (16)
“And speak to people kindly.” – Qu’ran
As Adam (16)
“Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.” – Bhagavad-Gita
As Adam (14)
‘”Whatever things exist all spring from cause, the principle causes of birth and death may be destroyed, the way is by the means he has declared.”
As Adam (12)
“A man born in the world, by proper thought comes to delight in goodness, he recognises the impermanence of wealth and beauty, and looks upon religion as his best ornament.” – The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King
As Adam (11)
“The misery which a man imagines by the ideas “This is mine,” “I am connected with this,” is to be recognised as “gravitation,”–by this a man is borne downwards into new births.” –– The Buddha
As Adam (10)
“The bright, green grain
Is growing on the sides of the mound.
While living, he gave nothing away;
Why, when dead, should he hold a pearl in his mouth?” – Texts of Taoism
As Adam (9)
“The reed either dies after it has borne fruit, or is cut down for the sake of its fruit.” – Dhammapada (Chapter XII)
Paul Maher Jr. 