spiros

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datta, dayadhvam, damyata –> give, sympathise, control

Datta (give), Dayadhvam (be compassionate), and Damyata (self-control)

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot.
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Look up Multiple Greek, Ancient Greek and Latin dictionaries — Οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον· ἄνουν γὰρ καὶ ὀλιγόφρον, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ πολύφωνον (Plutarch)


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(-:  Thanks!  I've always loved that poem, and those Sanskrit words at the end, followed by shanti, shanti, shanti (peace, peace, peace).  We need so desperately to hold on to those thoughts today, to guide us toward reconciliation.



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Yeah, that poem is like a mantra...
Look up Multiple Greek, Ancient Greek and Latin dictionaries — Οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον· ἄνουν γὰρ καὶ ὀλιγόφρον, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ πολύφωνον (Plutarch)


 

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