A piece of wisdom from
October 3, 2022 · Monday
The quote
“Do not let your tongue run ahead of your heart. Maat is in the small moment of waiting.”
— Egyptian proverb · Maat
The concept
Dharma
The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
Dharma is the most translated and most mistranslated word in Indian thought. It is not religion. It is not duty in the dull civic sense. It is the right action, for you, in your nature, at this stage of your life, with the people in front o…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Dharma. The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 7.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥
“There is nothing higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me as pearls on a thread.”
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