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Salvation

being saved or protected from harm
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Salvation(from Latin: salvatio, from salva, 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences.

Flee frommenand you will be saved. ~Abba Arsenius


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InBuddhismsalvation is not fromsinasrebellionagainstGod,butemancipationfrom the cycle of birth and death which is part oftransienceof theuniverse.~Masao Abe
  • Buddhistsalvation is primarily concerned with individual persons, and is simply not concerned withhumankindin general, for as is written in a sutra: ‘One is born alone, dies alone, comes alone and goes alone’.
    • Masao Abe,Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue(1995), pp. 80-81.
  • Buddhismis primarily concerned with salvation of a human as a person who, unlike other living beings, hasself-consciousnessandfree willand thereby alone has the potential to become aware of and emancipated from thetransiencecommon to all things in the universe. This isexistentialistand personalistic aspect of Buddhism
    • Masao Abe,Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue(1995), p. 81.
  • He lives, he lives,Christ Jesuslives today;
    He walks with me and talks with me alonglife’s narrow way.
    He lives, he lives salvation to impart;
    You ask me how I know he lives”
    He lives within myheart.
  • Ὁ ἀββᾶς Ἀρσένιος, ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ, εὔξατο τῷ Θεῷ λέγων· Κύριε, ὁδήγησόν με πῶς σωθῶ. Καὶ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ φωνὴ λέγουσα· Ἀρσένιε, φεῦγε τοὺςἀνθρώπους,καὶ σώζῃ.
    • While still living in the palace, Abba Arsenius prayed to God in these words, "Lord, lead me in the way of salvation." And a voice came saying to him, "Arsenius, flee frommenand you will be saved. "
  • “Never,” said the man to Rap’s silent consideration, “underestimate the stupidity of anybody who wants to be a saviour.”

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John Calvin:Godpreordained,for his owngloryand the display of Hisattributesofmercyandjustice,a part of thehuman race,without anymeritof their own, toeternalsalvation, and another part, in justpunishmentof theirsin,to eternal damnation.


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  • Therefore, in the Islamic view, human beings are no more "fallen" than they are "saved". Because they are not "fallen", they have no need of a saviour. But because they are not "saved" either, they need to do good works - and do them ethically - which alone will earn them the desired "salvation", one must be in a predicament beyond the hope of ever escaping it. But men and women are not in that predicament. Humans are not ethically powerless They are not helpless puppets capable of neither good nor evil. They are capable ofboth.To "save" themselves by deeds and works is their pride and glory. To miss the chance and all the opportunities by is pitiable neglect; to miss the calling deliberately and to do evil is to earn punishment, to deserve damnation.

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TheBuddhasaid 'Salvation doesn't come from the sight of me. It demands strenuous effort and practise. So work hard and seek your own salvation constantly.' ~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

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  • There is never time in thefuturein which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is the moment; the time is always now.
    • Dag Hammarskjod,in “The Road to Begin Your Life (27 September 2007)”, 58.

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  • After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep shouting with a loud voice, saying: “Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

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  • Our salvation is in striving toachievewhat we know we will never achieve.

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  • TheBibleis one of the greatest blessings bestowed byGodon thechildrenofmen.It has God for its author, salvation for its end, andtruthwithout any mixture for its matter. It is all pure, all sincere; nothing too much; nothing wanting.

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  • I not only questioned the possibility that salvation existed; I questioned whether God’s salvation was worth the earning. Again I began to see the struggle between God and Lucifer as nothing more than a squabble between petty princelings over who should possess power in a tiny, unimportant territory. The fate of the tenants of that territory did not much seem to matter to them; and even the reward of those tenants’ loyalty seemed thin enough to me.

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  • Il n'est pas de sauveurs suprêmes
    Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun
    Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes
    Décrétons le salut commun
    Pour que le voleur rende gorge
    Pour tirer l'esprit du cachot
    Soufflons nous-mêmes notre forge
    Battons le fer quand il est chaud    .
  • You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.
    • Charles E. Popplestoen, in “The Road to Begin Your Life (27 September 2007)”, 58.

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  • Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.
  • And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure of Allah: And Allah is full of kindness to (His) devotees.
  • Then those whose balance (ofgooddeeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation: But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, inHellwill they abide.

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  • This salvation is just the same as to the persons to whom it is sent. It is to bepreached,now, as always, to every creature underHeaven.But it appeals with a peculiarpowerto those who areguiltyand who, byGod's Grace, confess their guilt. It appeals toheartsthat are broken, to men who are weary and heavy laden. It is to these that theGospelcomes with great sweetness

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Jesus Christour Lord surrendered in order that He mightwin;He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquereddeathby allowing death to conquer Him. He oppressed must be saved, not with arevolutionarysalvation, in mere human fashion, but with the holyrevolutionof theSon of Man,who dies on the cross to cleanseGod’s image, which is soiled in today’shumanity,a humanity so enslaved, soselfish,sosinful.~A.W. Tozer
True salvation is to know yourself as an inseparable part of the timeless and formless One Life from which all that exists derives its being. ~Eckhart Tolle
  • True salvation is fulfillment, peace, life in all its fullness. It is to be who you are, to feel within you the good that has no opposite, the joy of Being that depends on nothing outside itself. It is felt not as a passing experience but as an abiding presence. In theistic language, it is to "know God" - not as something outside you but as your own innermost essence.
  • True salvation is to know yourself as an inseparable part of the timeless and formless One Life from which all that exists derives its being.
  • A state of consciousness totally free of all negativity is possible. And yet this is the liberated state to which all spiritual teachings point. It is the promise of salvation, not in an illusory future but right here and now.
  • The moment your attention turns to the Now, you feel a presence, a stillness, a peace. You no longer depend on the future for fulfillment and satisfaction—you don’t look to it for salvation.
  • Most ancient religions and spiritual traditions share the common insight – that our “normal” state of mind is marred by a fundamental defect. However, out of this insight into the nature of the human condition – we may call it the bad news – arises a second insight: the good news of the possibility of a radical transformation of humanconsciousness.InHinduteachings (and sometimes inBuddhismalso), this transformation is calledenlightenment.In the teachings ofJesus,it issalvation,and in Buddhism, it is the end of suffering.Liberationandawakeningare other terms used to describe this transformation.
  • Humanity is under great pressure toevolvebecause it is our only chance ofsurvivalas a race. This will affect every aspect of your life and closerelationshipsin particular. Never before have relationships been as problematic and conflict ridden as they are now. As you may have noticed, they are not here to make you happy or fulfilled. If you continue to pursue the goal ofsalvationthrough a relationship, you will be disillusioned again and again. But if you accept that the relationship is here to make youconsciousinstead of happy, then the relationship will offer you salvation, and you will be aligning yourself with the higherconsciousnessthat wants to be born into this world. For those who hold on to the old patterns, there will be increasing pain, violence, confusion, and madness. Most humans are still in the grip of the egoic mode of consciousness: identified with their mind and run by their mind. If they do not free themselves from their mind in time, they will be destroyed by it. They will experience increasing confusion, conflict, violence, illness, despair, madness. Egoic mind has become like a sinking ship. If you don't get off, you will go down with it.

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