Malaysia: The Buddha
Buddha's last words:
"Behold,
O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are
changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation. Do your
best. "
"The Qur'an mentions that this was the month in which the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad -- peace be upon him. He was, in fact, fasting at the time and engaged in prayer in a cave, where he liked to meditate, when the revelation came to him. This presence, this spirit of revelation, is generally understood by Muslims to be the Angel Gabriel . People engage in reading the Qur'an during this month, and the Qur'an has been divided into 30 sections for convenience, so you do one section each of the 30 days."
excerpted from Bilkent University site on Persian art.
"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
From the Sermon on the Mount:
43 "You have heard that it was said, "You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you, 45that you may be sons
of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on
the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46For
if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the
tax collectors do the same? 47And if you greet your brethren
only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do
so? 48Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in
heaven is perfect.
"I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind…I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place form Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was no more to read of that great life."
