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Author: | helenoftheways [ Fri May 13, 2011 5:04 am ] |
Post subject: | How to become holy |
From "How to become Holy"written in 1453 by Abu Abdallah Muhammad Al-Jazuli Al-Simlali. In order to eliminate feelings of self-importance, he who would become holy would do well to acquire the Ten Praiseworthy Attributes of the Dog: 1. He sleeps only a little at night; this is a sign of the God-lover. 2. He complains of neither heat nor cold; this is a sign of patient endurance. 3. When he dies, he leaves nothing behind to be disposed of; this is a sign of asceticism. 4. He is neither angry nor hateful; this is a quality of the faithful. 5. He is not sorrowful at the loss of a close relative, nor does he accept assistance; this is an attribute of the unshakeable. 6. If he is given something, he consumes it and is happy; this is a sign of the never-demanding. 7. He has no known place of refuge; this is the quality of holy wandering. 8. He sleeps in any place that he finds; this is a quality of the never-complaining. 9. He is incapable of hate, even if his owner beats or starves him; this is a quality of the knowers of wisdom. (Compare the injunction in the Hindu Upanishads: "Be like the sandalwood that perfumes the axe that hacks it.") 10. He is always hungry, which is a sign of the virtuous. These attributes were amongst those of the black (therefore despised) Moroccan saint, Abu Yi'zza. |
Author: | Torre [ Fri May 13, 2011 1:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to become holy |
I've got #10 nailed. Nine more to go. |
Author: | Paulreiki [ Fri May 13, 2011 7:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to become holy |
Please let us know when you nail another one, Torre. |
Author: | linnyx [ Fri May 13, 2011 11:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: How to become holy |
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