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Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue, and renders a man in the pursuit or defence of right, superior to the fear of reproach, opposition, or contempt. S. G. Goodrich

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity. Seneca

"The Buddha has taught that there are three roots of evil: greed, hatred and delusion. These three states comprise the entire range of evil, whether of lesser or greater intensity, from a faint mental tendency to the coarsest manifestations in action and speech. In whatever way they appear...

A noble teacher, Nyanaponika Maha Thera on the two wings of Wisdom & Compassion: http://bps.lk/olib/bl/bl034_Nyanaponika_Protection-Through-Satipatthana.pdf

Hierocles on Reverence the Oath in Golden Verses of Pythagoras: "Besides the Power that creates a universe, it is necessary that there should be a power that preserves and sustains it, and this power is embodied in the created beings. For in their essence all beings are of one nature with the...

The implications & conclusions your mind sees are not mine, and you are certainly welcome to keep them.

I took refuge in the Triple Jewel under Master Hsuan Hua over 40 years ago, so pardon, but your "studies" are mistaken about Mara. There are four kinds of Mara, one of which is the individual Devil Mara. It is true that most American converts are Leftists, but most ethnic Asians and a minority...

Dr Marshall explains the significance of Latin phrase in Archbishop's letter:

Perhaps Archbishop Viganó prefers to listen to sacred euphony from the Bible, than public cacophany.

252. Easily seen is the fault of others, but one’s own fault is difficult to see. Like chaff one winnows another’s faults, but hides one’s own, even as a crafty fowler hides behind sham branches. 253. He who seeks another’s faults, who is ever censorious—his cankers grow. He is far from...

Not really. We have our Mara=Satan and 10 vices to never do, similar to your Ten Commandments. Here is a famous verse about the three keys that all buddhas taught: "183. To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one’s mind—this is the teaching of all Buddhas." From the Dhammapada...

From Archbishop Vigano:

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. --- J.S. Mill

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. --- Edmund Burke

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs. All individual natures stand in a scale, according to the purity of this element in them. The will of the pure runs down from them into other natures, as water runs down from a higher into a lower vessel; this natural...

"Whene’er a noble deed is wrought Whene’er is spoken a noble thought Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Honor to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily...

We are not alone in our suspicions that this restless spirit of frenetic intemperance has long been at work gnawing at the bowels of Western economy. So clearly does it appear that many have observed the effects of this mysterious drive and tried to identify it. Pius XI associates it with the...

Downloaded that Non-duality book, looks great. Seems to be an uprise of mystic, spiritual, even theosophic thought in Spain. Most of Buddhism does not emphasize duality or non-duality. There is a Tathagatagarbha school within Mahayana, but it is by no means a leading or most popular form of...

Are you surprised? Of course not - theosophy is rooted in mystic, philosophic & metaphysical insights.

This May 7th is not only the National Day of Prayer, but also Wesak, the sacred holiday for Buddhists around the world. All peoples of faith will be praying and meditating for a vast increase in virtue and holiness, inspired from on High!