06-15-2010, 08:37 PM
Gayan 380 - Chala 59 - Great personalities are few in the world, and
fewer still those who know them.
And those great souls who have brought the message of God to
humanity from time to time - Buddha, Krishna, Jesus Christ, Moses,
Abraham, Zarathusthra - they were well known as most learned men. And
what they learned, they learned from the love principle, what they
knew was compassion, forgiveness, sympathy, and tolerance; that
attitude of appreciation; that opening of the heart to humanity. What
they taught was love, a simple Truth. If religions seem complex, they
have been added to. In every case what was brought by the prophet was
simple, and it was expressed in his personality and his life, and it
is that influence that has remained for centuries after they have
passed away. It is not the literature they have left. Most of the
literature is from their pupils. It is the simple truth shown in their
personalities and their lives. The error of this day and age is that
we cannot understand the simple Truth, the Truth as manifested
everywhere--instead of trying to find Truth covered in a shell.
Social Gatheka #27 - Khwaja Shams-ud-din Mohammed Hafiz
fewer still those who know them.
And those great souls who have brought the message of God to
humanity from time to time - Buddha, Krishna, Jesus Christ, Moses,
Abraham, Zarathusthra - they were well known as most learned men. And
what they learned, they learned from the love principle, what they
knew was compassion, forgiveness, sympathy, and tolerance; that
attitude of appreciation; that opening of the heart to humanity. What
they taught was love, a simple Truth. If religions seem complex, they
have been added to. In every case what was brought by the prophet was
simple, and it was expressed in his personality and his life, and it
is that influence that has remained for centuries after they have
passed away. It is not the literature they have left. Most of the
literature is from their pupils. It is the simple truth shown in their
personalities and their lives. The error of this day and age is that
we cannot understand the simple Truth, the Truth as manifested
everywhere--instead of trying to find Truth covered in a shell.
Social Gatheka #27 - Khwaja Shams-ud-din Mohammed Hafiz