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Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings read more
Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?
Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and read more
Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely
near the fountain of Salsabil.
Patience is the key to paradise.
Patience is the key to paradise.
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.
One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert read more
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert were a paradise
If thou wert there, if thou were there.
In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.
In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.