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Gary Douglas Smith
Divine Words

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Peace in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God."

CONFUCIANISM: "Seek to be in harmony with all your neighbors...live in peace with your brethren."

BUDDHISM: "There is no happiness greater than peace."

HINDUISM: "Without meditation, where is peace? Without peace, where is happiness?"

ISLAM: "God will guide men to peace. If they will heed Him, He will lead them from the darkness of war to the light of peace."

TAOISM: "The wise esteem peace and quiet above all else."

SIKHISM: "Only in the Name of the Lord do we find our peace."

JUDAISM: "When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him."

JAINISM: "All men should live in peace with their fellows. This is the Lord's desire."

ZOROASTRIANISM: "I will sacrifice to peace, whose breath is friendly."

BAHA'I: "War is death while peace is life."

SHINTO: "Let the earth be free from trouble and men live at peace under the protection of the Divine."

 

Health and Healing in the World's Great Religions

CHRISTIANITY: "The prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up."

CONFUCIANISM: "High mysterious Heaven hath fullest power to heal and bind."

BUDDHISM: "To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

HINDUISM: "Enricher, Healer of disease, be a good friend to us!"

ISLAM: "The Lord of the worlds created me...and when I am sick, he healeth me."

TAOISM: "Pursue a middle course. Thus will you keep a healthy body and a healthy mind."

SIKHISM: "God is Creator of all, the remover of sickness, the giver of health."

JUDAISM: "O Lord, my God, I cried to Thee for help and Thou hast healed me."

JAINISM: "All living beings owe their present state of health to their own Karma."

ZOROASTRIANISM: "Love endows the sick body of man with firmness and health."

BAHA'I: "All healing comes from God."

SHINTO: "Foster a spirit that regards both good and evil as blessings, and the body spontaneously becomes healthy."

 

Immortality in the World's Great Religions

JUDAISM: "The dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the Spirit returneth unto God who gave it."

CHRISTIANITY: "The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord."

ISLAM: "Those who have believed and done the things which are right, these shall be inmates of Paradise."

JAINISM: "I know there will be a life hereafter."

CONFUCIANISM: "All the living must die and, dying, return to the ground, but the Spirit issues forth and is displayed in light."

HINDUISM: "He becomes immortal who seeks the general good of man."

SIKHISM: "Why weep when a man dieth, since he is only going home?"

BUDDHISM: "Earnestness is the path of immortality."

SHINTO: "Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother, all things as brothers and sisters, and you will enjoy the divine country which excels all others."

TAOISM: "Life is going forth. Death is a returning home."

ZOROASTRIANISM: "The soul of the righteous shall be joyful in immortality."

BAHA'I: "Make mention of Me on earth that in My Heaven I may remember thee."



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