42 Quotes by Edwin Arnold

The daylight lingered past its timeIn rose-leaf radiance on the watching peaks,So it seemed Night listened in the glensAnd Noon upon the mountains.

There hath been a slaughter for the sacrificeAnd slaying for the meat, but henceforth noneShall spill the blood of life, nor taste of flesh,Seeing that knowledge grows, and life is one,And mercy cometh to the merciful.

Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes,Or any searcher know by mortal mind,Veil after veil will lift--but there must be Veil upon veil behind.

A great tree grows from two soft leavesTo spread its shade afar.

He goesUnto NIRVÂNA. He is one with Life,Yet lives not. He is blest, ceasing to be.OM, MANI PADME, OM! the Dewprop slipsInto the shining sea!

I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY NAME AND THEE!I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY LAW OF GOOD!I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY ORDER! OM!THE DEW IS ON THE LOTUS! - RISE, GREAT SUN!AND LIFT MY LEAF AND MIX ME WITH THE WAVEOM MANI PADME HUM, THE SUNRISE COMES!THE DEWPROP SLIPS INTO THE SHINING SEA!

By Me the whole vast Universe of things Is spread abroad;—by Me, the Unmanifest! In Me are all existences contained; Not I in them!Yet they are not contained, Those visible things! Receive and strive to embrace The mystery majestical! My Being— Creating all, sustaining all—still dwells Outside of all!See! as the shoreless airs Move in the measureless space, but are not space, [And space were space without the moving airs]; So all things are in Me, but are not I.

Yet not by Vedas, nor from sacrifice, Nor penance, nor gift-giving, nor with prayer Shall any so behold, as thou hast seen! Only by fullest service, perfect faith, And uttermost surrender am I known And seen, and entered into, Indian Prince! Who doeth all for Me; who findeth Me In all; adoreth always; loveth all Which I have made, and Me, for Love’s sole end That man, Arjuna! unto Me doth wend.

If any teach NIRVÂNA is to cease,Say unto such they lie.If any teach NIRVÂNA is to live,Say unto such they err.