Bustan, ch. 6

SufismBustan, ch. 6

Eat in proportion to thy hunger; how can he give praises who scarce can breathe by reason of his gluttony? He whose stomach is full is void of wisdom. The prey is entrapped in the snare because of its greed. …

❃ Moderation & non-waste ◎ Mastery of the self

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.

ChristianityEcclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

JudaismGenesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

BuddhismDhammapada 183

Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened.

SikhismSGGS Ang 6

See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.

IslamQuran 2:183

O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-

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!

JainismUttaradhyayana 29.53-54

By watchfulness of the mind he concentrates his thoughts; thereby he truly practises control. By watchfulness of speech he keeps free from prevarication; thereby he enables his mind to act properly.

TaoismTao Te Ching 29

If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed. The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it. … Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence.