COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA –“According to Shankara, the ultimate reality is Brahman or the Self, which is pure reality, pure consciousness, and pure bliss. The world has come into be ing from Brahman and is wholly dependent on it. The criteria of reality are immutability and permanence. Since the world is constantly changing, and since its existence is not absolute but dependent on Brahman, the world is called illusion or maya. Brahman exists as the Absolute, without qualities (nirguna), and also exists with qualities (saguna) as a personal god, Ishvara, who presides over the world of appearance.”
THE COMPLETE ANGLER –“Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.”
THE CURE D’ARS –“Humility is to the virtues what the chain is to the rosary; remove the chain, and all the beads escape; take away humility, and all the virtues disappear.”
THE DHAMMAPADA –“Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with-generosity. Conquer the liar with truth.”
THE DHAMMAPADA –“One is one’s own destiny. Therefore one should train oneself.”
THE ECONOMIST –“Confronted by Asia’s technological rise and the financial crisis, corporate America is losing its self-confidence. It should not.”
THE ECONOMIST –“Modest proposals are better than grand designs: They serve the political function of registering concerns, but are too small to provoke opposition.”
THE GOLDEN AGE OF
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