Dhammapada 190-192

BuddhismDhammapada 190-192

He who takes refuge with Buddha, the Law, and the Church; he who, with clear understanding, sees the four holy truths:-- Viz. pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain, and the eightfold holy way that leads to the quieting of pain;-- That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.

Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca, saṅghañca saraṇaṁ gato; Cattāri ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati. Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ; Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ. Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, etaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ; Etaṁ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

✦ Surrender & trust ✦ Devotion & remembrance

The same idea in other traditions

JainismUttaradhyayana 29.9

By the adoration of the twenty-four Ginas the soul arrives at purity of faith.

JudaismPsalm 37:5

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

IslamQuran 2:152

Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and reject not Faith.

ConfucianismAnalects 7.23

The Master said, "Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui—what can he do to me?"

ChristianityMatthew 6:33

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

SufismHafiz, Ode 12 (Bell)

Balm to mine eyes the dust, my head I bow / Upon thy stair. / Where shall I go, where from thy presence? thou / Art everywhere. …

SikhismSGGS Ang 290

Why forget Him, who has given us everything? Why forget Him, who is the Life of the living beings? Why forget Him, who preserves us in the fire of the womb?

HinduismBhagavad Gita 2.47

Your business is with action alone; not by any means with fruit. Let not the fruit of action be your motive (to action). Let not your attachment be (fixed) on inaction.

TaoismZhuangzi 6

There is the great Mass (of nature);--I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it;--what makes my life a good makes my death also a good. …