Mahesh

“Our Earth is 4,600 million years old,’ he told his audience. ‘Now let us imagine that those 4,600 million years are like the life of a forty-six-year-old woman. Each year of this woman’s life represents 100 million years of Earth’s existence.’ Some members of the audience tittered. No one had ever explained it like that to them before. ‘By that arithmetic, animals appeared only during the last six years of this woman’s life,’ said the monk. ‘And it was only a week ago that some apes began to take on human qualities. And taking it from there, it was just four hours ago that our own species, we homo sapiens, learned to hunt, gather and cultivate.’ He smiled at the range of gob-smacked expressions. ‘Isn’t that amazing? But the one fact that should shock you is—’ The audience waited to hear more startling facts from Brahmananda. ‘—that we started maintaining some semblance of historical records only during the last ten minutes,’ he said. ‘In that sense, our written record of history is pathetic and we only have scattered records for the last ten minutes of the forty-six years that Earth has been around.’ A”
― Ashwin Sanghi, Keepers of the Kalachakra

“There is an Old Earth phrase Kern used sometimes, about a boat whose every part was replaced, and was it the same boat then?”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin

“We refer to quantum physics as science and Vedanta as philosophy, but they are one and the same. From Aristotle all the way to the nineteenth century, the term “natural philosophy”
― Ashwin Sanghi, Keepers of the Kalachakra

“Jesus had no money,
but was the richest of all time;
had no education,
but was the smartest of all time;
had no titles,
but was the noblest of all time;
had no pedigree,
but was the finest of all time;
and had no power,
but was the strongest of all time.

He had no wife,
but was the meekest husband of all time;
had no children,
but was the gentlest father of all time;
had no teacher,
but was the humblest pupil of all time;
had no schooling,
but was the wisest teacher of all time;
and had no temple,
but was the godliest rabbi of all time.

He had no sword,
but was the bravest warrior of all time;
had no boat,
but was the shrewdest fisherman of all time;
had no winery,
but was the aptest winemaker of all time;
had no mentor,
but was the nicest counselor of all time;
and had no pen,
but was the greatest author of all time.

He had no seminary,
but was the sharpest theologian of all time;
had no university,
but was the brightest professor of all time;
had no degree,
but was the ablest doctor of all time;
had no wealth,
but was the biggest philanthropist of all time;
and had no stage,
but was the grandest entertainer of all time.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo