Isha Upanishad 1

HinduismIsha Upanishad 1

ALL this, whatsoever moves on earth, is to be hidden in the Lord (the Self). When thou hast surrendered all this, then thou mayest enjoy. Do not covet the wealth of any man!

❃ Creation as sacred ❃ Moderation & non-waste ◎ Contentment

The same idea in other traditions

ConfucianismAnalects 7.27

The Master angled,—but did not use a net. He shot,—but not at birds perching.

JudaismProverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

ChristianityPsalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

JainismUttaradhyayana 9.14

'Happy are we, happy live we who call nothing our own; when Mithilâ is on fire, nothing is burned that belongs to me.

BuddhismDhammapada 290

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

SikhismSGGS Ang 26

O mind, remain detached in the midst of your household. Practicing truth, self-discipline and good deeds, the Gurmukh is enlightened.

SufismBustan, ch. 6

He knows not God nor performs His worship who is not contented with his lot. Contentment maketh a man rich—tell this to the avaricious. …

IslamQuran 7:31

O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.

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. …