Vocation, toil, success, rest, and the measure of work. The scale runs from -2, framed as a danger, to +2, celebrated as a gift. It means the same for every area. What is measured is what a text does, not whether it is right.
| Tradition | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | +0.7 ± 0.1 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 36 of 139 texts |
| Free church | +0.3 ± 0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 35 of 114 texts |
| Sunni | +0.5 ± 0.2 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 33 of 284 texts |
| Orthodox (Christianity) | +0.4 ± 0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 30 of 234 texts |
| Protestant | +0.3 ± 0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 28 of 133 texts |
| Hinduism | +0.7 ± 0.1 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 22 of 67 texts |
| Theravada | +0.1 ± 0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 20 of 93 texts |
| Climate movement | +0.2 ± 0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 16 of 129 texts |
| Vaishnava | +0.7 ± 0.2 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 9 of 51 texts |
| Humanist | +0.4 ± 0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 7 of 112 texts |
| Mahayana | +0.0 ± 0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 6 of 30 texts |
| Queer community | +0.7 ± 0.2 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 6 of 75 texts |
| Judaism | +0.6 ± 0.4 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 5 of 53 texts |
| Zen | +0.8 ± 0.2 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 4 of 48 texts |
| Reform | -0.3 ± 0.7 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 38 texts |
| Baha'i | +1.3 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 3 of 22 texts |
| Orthodox (Judaism) | +0.3 ± 0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 38 texts |
| Tibetan | +0.5 ± 0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 2 of 13 texts |
| Conservative | -1.0 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 2 of 5 texts |
| Ahmadiyya | -1.0 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | one mention |
| Buddhism | +0.0 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | one mention |
| Shia | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | one mention |
A figure like "+1" is ambiguous. An address about possessions held in trust and a prosperity gospel both land there, for opposite reasons. Here are the sentences the figures came from, set alternately by tradition.
If you think you will not fight, then your resolve is futile. Nature will compel you.
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
what makes wise effort wise is that it is reactive. It is not simply full throttle, continuously, 110% effort all the time. It has to be attuned to the moment in which we find ourselves, to our physical energy, our mental energy, our health
We are exposed to a general threat to intellectual work, in which there is a misalignment between the outcome of using AI and its original purpose.
Attachment makes us feel that we must control everything. Detachment can then appear as if we stop caring about anything. But the Gita offers engagement: we carefully do what is within our control, and hand over to Krishna what goes beyond it.
When we use what God has given us to advance the work of His servants, we are not merely supporting a person; we are participating in the work that God has entrusted to that person
The decisive question is therefore not whether the roofer pays the office worker something. It is this: should statutory pension insurance merely settle individual contributions and provide for hardship cases, or may it remain a politically shaped community of solidarity that recognises long-term participation and adapts its financing to changed forms of social value creation?
For God, what counts is more than the years dedicated to his Kingdom; it is the generous acceptance of his call to devote oneself to the service of the Kingdom of God. In fact, God rewards us according to the measure of his goodness and generosity, which are far greater than the narrow measure of our merits.
Come away by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a while: such a profound admonition. But not just lifestyle advice, 'time for yourself'. Sabbath rest, an essential part of the economy of God
Act as if everything has already been answered. Then act with tireless, ceaseless energy. And while you act, you yourself become a magnet that draws more power into your being, until you become an unobstructed channel through which divine power flows.
It is simply a reminder that the Gospel is political and the Gospel has always been political. We are talking about workers, we are talking about work, we are talking about wages, economy, fairness, justice.
But this blind spot, this apprenticeship, this unbearable situation led to the fact that it, it was unavoidable for me, I had the feeling, hey, we have to do this.
It is not the customer who provides sustenance, but Allah. Earnings arise through blessing, not through greed, competition, and hostility.
Football was for a long time, spiritually speaking, my idol, one could say retrospectively, but the content of my life.
If someone throws something from a distance of four Amot against a wall, then if the thrown object sticks above ten tefachim, it is considered as if it were thrown into the air.
The more we use our brains, the healthier they become. Thus we can even avoid becoming senile.
Harmony in your own sense is not a state that falls upon you from outside, but a task that you actively shape.
One should therefore approach the Eternal in modesty and with an awareness of one's own limitations.
We only need, when we learn something, when we listen, when we listen to those who teach, nowhere is it as important as in the Buddhist teaching, to draw the consequences from what we hear.
The duty to which one was born must not be abandoned, O Arjuna, even if it is flawed. For everything one does is shrouded in evil, just as fire is shrouded in smoke.
Your task is to cast the seed; not to watch it grow. If you find comfort in doing your task, you will be much more fulfilled.
When we enter into the voluntary simplicity of retreat life and step out of the complexity of ordinary life, it gives us, metaphorically, room to breathe.
If the federal government actually cuts its subsidies from this year to next by more than two-thirds, then e-bus procurement will be slowed down and many transport operators will have no choice but to purchase diesel buses again.
These contributions were written to touch the heart of Mother Dina Sharana and bring her joy – a humble attempt to honour her invaluable service and her unwavering devotion.
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