Salvation
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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.
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- 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.
- Paulsays that allhumansare condemned under the law, and justifiably so. This is why salvation is throughspiritual rebirthinloveforChristand not throughobedienceto theJudaic laws.(Rom. 3:28)
- Masao Abe,Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue(1995), p. 14.
- 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.
- However, acosmologicaldimension is the necessary basis for thisBuddhistsalvation: inBuddhismsalvation is not fromsinasrebellionagainstGod,butemancipationfrom the cycle of birth and death which is part oftransienceof theuniverse.This is the cosmological aspect of Buddhism. These two aspects are inseparable; the more cosmological the basis of salvation
- 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.- Alfred H. Ackley,in “Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)”, p. 94.
- Sacrificestill exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.
- Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought tobelieve;to know what he ought todesire;and to know what he ought to do.
- Thomas Aquinas,The Soul of a Nation: Culture, Morality, Law, Education, Faith,27-Sep-2012, p. 27.
- 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. "
- Abba Arsenius,inApophthegmata Patrum,Saying 1, Page 9
- 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.”
- Malcolm Azania,The Alchemists of Kush(2011),ISBN 978-1-73722-774-8,pp. 58-59
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[edit]- The wordsavemeans anactwhich is done by someone, a positive act, includingrescue.But theDhammasaves not in that sense. The Dhamma teaches the human being to save oneself. It is not an act that other can do for someone. It is what one does to oneself. Therefore the term "Salvation" itself is not muchrelevantin theBuddhistconcept.The Buddhist concept isNibbana.Nibbana orNirvanaimplyingextinction,freedom,emancipation,liberation,release,deliverance,etc. However, the word ‘Salvation’ can also be used as an umbrella for Nibbana or Nirvana.
- Radha Banerjee, inThe Concept of Salvation in Buddhism Jan 10, 2010
- Poor victims of acivilizationthat hides itsbrutalitybeneath a veneer ofcultureand ofgrace,for them individually there is, alas! no salvation.
- Annie Besant,in “Annie Besant: An Autobiography”, p. 309.
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- Nomanis excluded from calling uponGod,the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
- John Calvin,John Calvin's Commentaries On The Acts.Vol. 1, 2012, p. 22.
- 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 eternaldamnation.
- John Calvin,Civility: A Cultural History,18-Apr-2009, p. 157.
- How much more should you make sure that you have “put on” the LordJesus Christ?This is youreternalsalvation we are talking about, so obey theadmonitionto make your calling andelectionsure. There's nothing more important than your eternal salvation.
- Kirk Cameronet al (2011), inConquer Your Fear, Share Your Faith: An Evangelism Made Easy,p. 189.
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[edit]- No man can save himselfalone.
- Simone de Beauvoir,The Ethics of Ambiguity.Philosophical Library. 1948. p. 62.ISBN 978-0-8065-0160-4.
- What we are reluctant totouchoften seems the very fabric of our salvation.
- Don DeLillo,White Noise (Picador 40th Anniversary Edition),(2 February 2012), p. 17.
- For awoman,allresurrection,all salvation, from whateverperdition,lies inlove;in fact, it is her only way to it.
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[edit]- 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.
- Isma’il Al-Faruqi,as quoted in“Salvation in Islamic perspective.”Islamic Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 1993, pp. 41. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, JSTOR.
- In ourecclesiasticalregion there arepriestswho don'tbaptizethechildrenof singlemothersbecause they weren't conceived in thesanctityofmarriage.These are today'shypocrites.Those who clericalize thechurch.Those who separate the people ofGodfrom salvation.
- People to whomsinis just a matter ofwords,to them salvation is just words too.
- William Faulkner,On Faulkner,p. 265.
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- Theworldis such a marvel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.
- 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.'
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[edit]- 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.
- The salvation of the people depended upon education.
- J. E. Casely Hayford,Ethiopia Unbound:Studies in Race Emancipation.C.M. Phillips. 1911. p. 15.
- One may preach acovenantofgracemore clearly than another... But when theypreacha covenant of works for salvation, that is nottruth.
- Anne Hutchinson,Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1877,(1 January 2011), p. 64.
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[edit]- 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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[edit]- Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
- Franz Kafka,Kafka, the Decisive Years,(2005), p. 84.
- Our salvation is in striving toachievewhat we know we will never achieve.
- Ryszard Kapuscinski,in “The Road to Begin Your Life (27-Sep-2007)”, p. 58.
- Humansalvation lies in the hands of thecreativelymaladjusted.
- The process of salvation inBuddhismandChristianityare functions of their respectivedoctrinesofultimate realityand the nature of man. In a phrase we might sum up Buddhism’s view: "salvation is from the self". To start with the last; Buddhism insists that believes and practices self-slavation...As to salvation from self, Buddhism conceivesbeliefin integrality andrealityof theselfto be the majorobstacleto man’s salvation.
- Winston Lee King, Winston L King, inBuddhism and Christianity: Some Bridges of Understanding,16-Oct-2013, p. 23.
- None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by thehopethat we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness intolight.
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[edit]- Can you help save one person...? That would be great wouldn’t it? The salvation of a singlesoulis more important than theproductionorpreservationof all theepicsandtragediesin theworld.
- C.S. Lewis,in “The Road to Begin Your Life ((27 September 2007))”, 58.
- 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.
- John Locke,Words of Wisdom, Too,(1 January 1998), p. 218.
- A mightyfortressis ourGod,
A sword and shieldvictorious;
He breaks the cruel oppressors rod And wins salvationglorious.- Martin Luther,in “Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)”, p. 140.
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[edit]- Because salvation is bygracethroughfaith,I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne and in front of theLamb,dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands (see Revelation 7:9), I shall see theprostitutefrom the Kit-Kat Ranch inCarson City,Nevada,who tearfully told me that she could find no otheremploymentto support her two-year-old son. I shall see the woman who had anabortionand is haunted byguiltandremorsebut did the best she could faced with grueling alternatives; thebusinessmanbesieged withdebtwho sold hisintegrityin a series of desperate transactions; the insecureclergymanaddicted to being liked, who never challenged his people from thepulpitand longed for unconditionallove;the sexually abused teen molested by his father and now selling his body on the street, who, as he falls asleep each night after his last 'trick', whispers the name of the unknownGodhe learned about inSunday school;the deathbedconvertwho for decades had his cake and ate it, broke everylaw of God and man,wallowed inlust,and raped theearth.
- Brennan Manning,The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out,(19 August 2008), p. 122-23.
- Thesinnersto whomJesusdirected Hismessianic ministrywere not those who skipped morningdevotionsor Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed theirtrustin the works of theLawand closed theirheartsto the message ofgrace.
- Brennan Manning,The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out,(19 August 2008), p. 41.
- One of the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of theProtestantmonksofTaize,France:'Assured of your salvation by the uniquegraceof our LordJesus Christ.' It is still difficult for me to read these words without tears filling my eyes. It is wonderful.
- 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.
- Michael Moorcock,The War Hound and the World’s Pain(1981), Chapter 8
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[edit]- For salvation is nearer to us now than when we becamebelievers;thenightis far gone, the day is near (Rom. 13:11–12).
- Paul of Tarsus,Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith,(1 January 2012), p. 78.
- 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.- There are no supreme saviours
Neither God, norCaesar,nortribune.
Producers, let us save ourselves,
Decree the common salvation.
So that thethiefexpires,
So that thespiritbe pulled from its prison,
Let us fan our forge ourselves
Strike theironwhile it is hot. - Eugène Edine Pottier,The Internationale(1864)
- There are no supreme saviours
- 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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[edit]- 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.
- Qur'an,Al-Mu'minun23:102-103,Yusuf Ali.
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[edit]- The onlyrationalconclusion, then, seems to be that theNegroand the other darker races must look to themselves forfreedom.Salvation for arace,nationorclassmust come from within.
- Let us be today’sChristians.
Let us not takefright
at the boldness of today’schurch.
WithChrist’s light let usilluminate
even the most hideous caverns of the human person:
torture,jail,plunder,want, chronic illness.
The 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.
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[edit]- The first step in a person's salvation isknowledgeof theirsin.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca,The Road to Begin Your Life,(27-Sep-2007), p. 58.
- Always dogoodto others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This isdivinelife.This is the direct way toMokshaor salvation.
- Swami Sivananda,Immortal Teachings of Sri Swami Sivananda,1957, p. 29.
- The greatestenemytohumansoulsis the self-righteousspiritwhich makes men look to themselves for salvation.
- Charles Spurgeon,Enriching Christian Doctrine and Character,(13 January 2009), p. 41.
- And, again, salvation byJesus Christcomes to men in the same way as it always did. They have to receive it, now, byfaith.
- 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
- C. H. Spurgeon,in "The Unchangeable Christ (23 February 1888)".
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- 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.
- Eckhart Tolle,inThe Power of Now(1997)
- 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,inThe Power of Now(1997)
- 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.
- Eckhart Tolle,inThe Power of Now(1997)
- 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.
- Eckhart Tolle,inThe Power of Now(1997)
- 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.
- Eckhart TolleinA New Earth:Awakening to Your Life's Purpose,'' p. 101, (2005)
- To know yourself as the Being underneath thethinker,the stillness underneath thementalnoise,the love andjoyunderneath thepain,isfreedom,salvation,enlightenment.
- Eckhart Tolle,Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises,(3 September 2010)], p. 90.
- If man had his way, the plan ofredemptionwould be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not byJesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not byvengeancebut byforgiveness;not by force but bysacrifice.Jesus Christour Lord surrendered in order that He mightwin;He destroyed His enemies by dying for them andconquereddeathby allowing death to conquer Him.
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[edit]- AncientIslamwas not areligionof salvation, though the pure form later gave way to salvation ideas during theMiddle Ages.
- Max Weber,Resurgent Islam: A Sociological Approach,(11 November 2005), p. 75.
- O my hearers think of thewrathto come! Think of the wrath to come! Flee toJesusforrefugeand salvation right now while there is still time.
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