Author: Loan Nguyễn
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Thơ Thiêng Liêng: The Sunrise Ruby (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi)
In the early morning hour,just before dawn, lover and beloved wakeand take a drink of water. She asks, “Do you love me or yourself more?Really, tell the absolute truth.” He says, “There is nothing left of me.I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise.Is it still a stone, or a worldmade of redness? It…
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Thơ Thiêng Liêng: The Guest House (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi)
This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture,still, treat each guest honorably.He may be clearing you outfor some new delight. The dark…
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Thơ Thiêng Liêng: The Reed Flute (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi)
Listen to the story told by the reed,of being separated. “Since I was cut from the reedbed,I have made this crying sound. Anyone apart from someone he lovesunderstands what I say. Anyone pulled from a sourcelongs to go back. At any gathering I am there,mingling in the laughing and grieving, a friend to each, but…
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Thơ Thiêng Liêng: Two Kinds of Intelligence (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi)
There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired,as a child in school memorizes facts and conceptsfrom books and from what the teacher says,collecting information from the traditional sciencesas well as from the new sciences. With such intelligence you rise in the world.You get ranked ahead or behind othersin regard to your competence in retaininginformation. You…
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Thơ Thiêng Liêng: Cry Out in Your Weakness (Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi)
A dragon was pulling a bear into its terrible mouth. A courageous man went and rescued the bear. There are such helpers in the world, who rush to save anyone who cries out. Like Mercy itself, they run toward the screaming. And they can’t be bought off. If you were to ask one of those,…
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Ý nghĩa của Giáo dục: Tin rồi Thấy hay Thấy rồi Tin?
Trong cuộc sống, chúng ta thường chỉ muốn tin vào những điều tận mắt chúng ta thấy, tai chúng ta nghe. Nhưng cuộc sống của con người là một đời sống thiêng liêng của linh hồn. Đó là một sự hiệp nhất giữa thân xác và linh hồn, một linh hồn thánh thiêng sống động…
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