Asia's name refers to the east, the land of the sunrise, and probably comes from an Akkadian root.
Asia
is the largest continent and the most populated. Geologically, it's
part of Eurasia. It includes the subcontinents of India and Arabia. The
world's most popular religions began in Asia. Hinduism inspired
Zoroastrianism and Buddhism; Zoroastrianism inspired Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam.
And therefore, today's quotes are about religion.
a few things said by Asians:
"Like
the bee, gathering honey from different flowers, the wise man accepts
the essence of different scriptures and sees only the good in all
religions." —Srimad Bhagavatam 11.3 (Hinduism)
"The Buddha says,
'To be attached to a certain view and to look down upon others' views
as inferior—this the wise men call a fetter.'" —Sutta Nipata 798
(Buddhism)
"Confucius said, 'In the world there are many
different roads but the destination is the same. There are a hundred
deliberations but the result is one.'" —I Ching, Appended Remarks 2.5
(Confucianism)
"Those who praise their own doctrines and
disparage the doctrines of others do not solve any problem."
—Sutrakritanga 1.1.50 (Jainism)
"Listen to the best things with
your ears, reflect upon them with an unbiased mind. Then let each man
and women for him or her self choose between the two ways thinking.
Awaken to my doctrine, before this great event of choice comes upon
you." —Avesta: The Gathas: Song 3:2 (Zoroastrianism)
"Our rabbis
have taught, 'We support the poor of the heathen along with the poor of
Israel, visit the sick of the heathen along with the sick of Israel,
and bury the [dead] poor of the heathen along with the dead of Israel,
in the interests of peace.'" —Talmud, Gittin 61a (Judaism)
"So
Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said, 'Men of Athens, I
perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed
along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar
with this inscription, To an unknown god.
What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God
who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and
earth, does not live in shrines made by man, nor is he served by human
hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men
life and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of
men to live on the face of the earth, having determined allotted
periods and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek
God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is
not far from each one of us, for "In him we live and move and have our
being"; as even some of your poets have said, "For we are indeed his
offspring."'" —Acts 17.22-28 (Christianity)
"Do not revile those
who pray to others instead of God, lest they out of spite revile God
through ignorance." —Qur'an 6.108 (Islam)
"There can be no doubt
that whatever the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion,
derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects
of one God. The difference between the ordinances under which they
abide should be attributed to the varying requirements and exigencies
of the age in which they were revealed. All of them, except for a few
which are the outcome of human perversity, were ordained of God, and
are a reflection of His Will and Purpose." —Gleanings from the Writings
of Baha'u'llah 111 (Baha'i Faith)