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«Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
extinguishes, Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures, scriptures, Vedanta
«That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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denomination, denominations, disrespect, disrespected, intentional, in particular, scriptures
«Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: / Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? / And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.»
«Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, / But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: / To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
Amen, commandment, Revelation of, scriptures, The Everlasting, The Prophets
«These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.»
«Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, / (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) / Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; / And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: / By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: / Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: / To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
Apostle, apostleship, Apostle Paul, concerning, David, declared, gospel, his son, holiness, Holy Father, Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures, Our Father, Paul, Paul A, promised, Prophets, resurrection, resurrection from the dead, Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection of Jesus Christ, Rome, saints, scriptures, separated, Son of, Son of God, the Holy Spirit, The Resurrection, the Son
«Speech that is not offensive, truthful, pleasant, beneficial, and is used for the regular reading of scriptures is called the austerity of word.»
«Some offer their wealth, their austerity, and their practice of yoga as sacrifice, while the ascetics with strict vows offer their study of scriptures and knowledge as sacrifice.»
Author: Bhagavad Gita
| Keywords:
ascetic, ascetics, austerities, austerity, scriptures, strict, Vows, yoga
«SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
faiths, Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures, scriptures, Writings
«Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John 5:39).»
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