God is a mystery that is experienced best when enlightened. |
UNkulunkulu uyinto esezingqondweni zabantu okwazi ukuyibona uma ukhanyiselwa. |
We can only say that it is good to live in God. |
Esingakusho nje ukuthi kumnandi ukuphila phakathi kuNkulunkulu |
It is better to be enlightened than not enlightened. |
Kungcono ukukhanyiselwa kunokuphila ebumnyameni. |
Enlightenment is the deeper purpose of life. |
Ukukhanyiselwa kuyinjongo ejulile ekuphileni. |
Through enlightenment, we reach the kingdom of God. |
Ngokukhanyiselwa siyakwazi ukufika eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu. |
Enlightenment means inner peace, inner happiness and all-encompassing love for all beings. |
Ukukhanyiselwa kusho ukuba nokuthula kwangaphakathi, injabulo yangaphakathi ehambisana nokuthanda bonke abantu. |
An enlightened person lives in God. |
Umuntu okhanyiselwe uphila kuNkulunkulu. |
He or she sees God as a kind of light in the world. |
Uyakwazi ukumbona uNkulunkulu njengohlobo oluthile lokukhanya okusemhlabeni. |
He or she feels God in him or herself and around him or herself. |
Uyamuzwa uNkulunkulu aphila naye. |
He or she feels God as inner happiness, inner peace and inner strength and is aware that he or she is in a higher truth that can only be described as universal love. |
Uyamuzwa uNkulunkulu njengokuthula kwangaphakathi |
In each of the major religions, there are varied definitions of God. |
Kuzo zonke izinkolo, uNkulunkulu uchazwa ngezindlela ezingafani. |
In the religions we also find the personal and abstract term of God. |
Ezinkolweni sithola Ubuntu bukaNkulunkulu. |
Many enlightened mystics think of God as a person and some others as a higher dimension in the cosmos. |
Abantu abaningi bakhanyiselwe uNkulunkulu |
In Buddhism and in Hinduism the abstract term of God dominates. |
KumaBhuda nakumaHindu igama likaNkulunkulu yilona elihamba phambili. |
In Buddhism, the highest principle is called Nirvana and in Hinduism it’s called Brahman. |
NgesiBhuda, isimiso esaziswa kakhulu sibizwa ngokuthi I-Nirvana kanti ngesiHindu sibizwa ngokuthi yi-Brahaman. |
Jesus referred to God as father. |
UJessu wayebhekisela kuNkulunkulu njengobaba wakhe. |
Moses referred to God more in an abstract fashion. |
UMose wayebhekisela kuNkulunkulu kaningi. |
His central definition of God was described with the words “I am.” |
Indlela eyinhloko yokuchaza uNkulunkulu wayesebenzisa amazwi athi "Ngingu." |
These words refer to God as a happy state of being where one experiences enlightenment. |
Lamazwi abhekisela kuNkulunkulu njengomuntu ojabulayo lapho omunye umuntu angathola khona ukukhanyiselwa. |
In the words “I am” we find the main way to enlightenment. |
Kulamazwi athi "Ngingu" sithola indlela eyinhloko yokukhanyiselwa. |
People need to develop a cosmic consciousness, a consciousness of the unity of all things. |
Abantu bahlakulela umuzwa wokuqapha kakhulu, ukuqapha okwenza yonke into ibe nobunye. |
Thus the ego consciousness is lost. |
Ngeleyondlela lesifiso esijulile sokuqapha siyalahleka |
Then one experiences pure consciousness, is one with everything and can only say: “I am.” |
Lowo onokuqapha kwangempela, yilowo onakho konke futhi uyakwazi ukuthi: "Ngingu." |
He or she cannot say “I am so and so.” |
Yena angeke akwazi ukuthi "Ngiwuzibanibani." |
He or she identifies with everything and everyone and is personally nothing and is simply consciousness. |
Uhlotshaniswa nayo yonke into nawo wonke umuntu futhi akalutho uwumuntu nje. |
God as a being who can take action helps us along the spiritual way. |
UNkulunkulu unjengomuntu othatha isinyathelo usiza ngendlela engokomoya. |
All enlightened beings are an incarnation of God. |
Zonkhe izidalwa ezikhanyiselwe ziwumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. |
If you connect with God or an enlightened being daily, you will be lead in the light. |
Uma uhlanganiswe noNkulunkulu noma ukhanyiselwe uyena. |