Beatitudes

Beatitudes:

it’s been said by some biblical scholars that the only words spoken by Jesus in the New Testament, a direct teaching, are found in the Sermon of the Mount, the Beatitudes, and if this just these words alone survived as later Christianity, then it would still be enough to base an entire religion upon. They’re beautiful words, full of deep meaning and instructions on how to live according to the way of Christ. In my own opinion they serve us much better than the Ten commandments in terms of our relationship with others, as well as being a powerful means of inner transformation.

of course there are many such teachings in vast array of spiritual texts. Gandhi was transformed through his study of the Bhagavad Gita, it was a living teaching for him, one to be applied in life and not just read to gain knowledge and spiritual information. It awakened his soul and called his body to action. He lived the Gita. But just as easily it could have been Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra’s, or one of many Upanishads, and yes, the Beatitudes could have sparked this inner fire to serve as well.

it puzzles me that those who devote their lives to studying the bible, a Christian of true spirit who wishes to serve others and purify their soul through action, wouldn’t seize the words of the Beatitudes and apply them to their lives, having them as a daily meditation, a guideline as the way of…