Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi
We write beautiful maxims; but are we well imbued with them, and are we putting them into practice? Epictetus
One Little Angel is proud to present
God Love All Beings Quotes from the World Religion
A Proper Understanding of Religion
It is essential to have proper understanding of what religion is all about. The Chinese word for religion is 宗教 (Zong-jiao). The character 宗 (Zong) means ‘main,’ ‘important,’ or ‘noble and esteemed.’ The character 教 (Jiao) means ‘education,’ ‘teachings,’ or ‘actions that serve to moralise, civilise or enlighten humanity.’ Put together, 宗教 (Zong-jiao) means ‘the main education,’ ‘the important teachings,’ and ‘the noble, esteemed actions that moralise, civilise, or enlighten people.’ Observing closely every major religion’s sacred scriptures and history of education, we can see that the principal contents of religious teachings can be classified into four categories: morality, ethics, causality and sacred wisdom.
This commentary on God Loves All Beings - Quotes from the World Religion by Master Chin Kung was produced between 2018 and 2019 and recorded at the UNESCO. Although intended for a Buddhist audience, the commentary is remarkably open-minded regarding the teachings of all religions and as such deserves to be read by everyone, believers and non-believers alike.
- Conference 1: Introduction of the association at UNESCO and its role; - Conferences 2 to 4: Introduction of the conference series God loves all beings. - Lectures 5 to 8: commentary on Bahá'í texts. - Lectures 9 to 23: commentary on Buddhist texts.
Vidéos:
Inter-Faiths Dialogue
Quotes of the Day
The Philokalia
If we were willing to make even small efforts, we would not suffer either much distress or difficulty. For if a man urges himself to make efforts, then, as he continues them, he gradually makes progress and later practices virtues with tranquillity; for God, seeing him urge himself, sends him help. So let us urge ourselves, for, although we have not reached perfection, if we make efforts, through efforts we shall receive help, and with this help shall acquire all kinds of virtues. Therefore one of the fathers said, "Give blood and receive spirit," that is, strive earnestly and you will become perfect.
One Little Angel is proud to present Scriptures 360 by
Religious cohesion, bringing religion back to education and mutual learning amongst religious groups can foster social harmony and promote world peace. Venerable Master Chin Kung encouraged practitioners of different faiths to select 360 passages of the most essential teachings in their respective sacred texts, and compiled them into Scriptures 360, for the convenience of the general public.
This set of books is compiled by: - Members of the Toowoomba Interfaith Working Group (Queensland, Australia), - Syed Hassan Al-Atas (Imam and Head of Ba alwie Mosque Singapore), - Reverend Master Lee Zhiwang (President of Taoist Mission Singapore), - Mr K. Rajamanikam (Singapore)
Biography of the Day
The Book of Ode
The Book of Odes, also a basic Confucian Classic, is a collection of 305 poems, including songs sung in religious and early official functions and popular songs from the various states of early Chou times. Five are supposed to have come from the Shang dynasty. Tradition holds that Confucius selected these from three thousand prevailing songs, a belief rejected by modern scholars. It is agreed, however, that many of the songs had been popular and that Confucius knew them.