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Sutta Nipata – heaven to earth

Soul Quote / Buddhist scripture / 1 Century BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Stairway to heaven Montserrat Monastery, Spain / LoadingBookmark

“Let our love flow outward through the cosmos to its full height, its full depth, its full extent, an endless love, without hate or enmity…And our life will bring Heaven to Earth.”

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Dajian Huineng – wisdom & light

Soul Quote / Guangzhou, China / 638 – 713 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Lamp post Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Meditation is to wisdom as the lamp is to its light.”

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Earth Wind & Fire – fantasy

Soul Music / 1978 / R&B, Disco / 3.54 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Approaching Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

Fantasy is on the classic album of Earth Wind and Fire All ‘N All released in 1977. Fantasy as a single was released in 1978 …

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Brother David Steindl-Rast – a good day

Soul Education Link / 2007 / Narrative / 5.32 min / Soul feature - Brother David Steindl-Rast / 1926 - present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Sun and cloud burst, Mt Kosciuszko, Australia / LoadingBookmark

This short narration from Brother David Steindl-Rast is a beautiful way to start the day …

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Cat Stevens – morning has broken

Soul Music / 1971 / Soft Rock, Gospel / 3.20 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Sunrise in Uluru, NT, Australia / LoadingBookmark

This was originally a hymn of the 1930s. Morning Has Broken was recorded by Cat Stevens and is on the album Teaser and the Firecat…

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Beatles – all you need is love

Soul Music / 1967 / Rock, baroque pop, pop / 3.57 min / Photograph - petal heart, Namale, Fiji / LoadingBookmark

The classic song was one of many revolutionary songs by John Lennon. It was first performed live on global television link Our World in 1967 and was watched in 25 countries by 400 million people…

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Bombay Jayashri – Pi’s lullaby

Soul Music / 2012 / Lullaby / 3.42 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Flowers in the garden, Sydney, Australia / LoadingBookmark

The song is a lullaby that carefully and delicately introduces the beginning Life of Pi the movie. The song is sung in Tamil …

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Itivuttaka – loving kindness

Soul Quote / Buddhist Scripture / 1 Century BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Sun rays, Tirano, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Loving kindness is a freedom of the heart, a luminous, blazing radiance.”

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Atisa Dipankara Srijnana – wisdom & good to others

Soul Quote / Bikrampur, Bengal, Pala Empire / 980 - 1054 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Eagle, Warwick Castle, England / LoadingBookmark

“Just as wings allow a bird to take to the skies, so with the power of wisdom we work for the good of others.”

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Thierry Ragobert, Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida – the white planet

Soul Movie / 2006 / Documentary / Arctic / 80 min / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Seal, Kaikoura, New Zealand / LoadingBookmark

The White Planet is a 2006 documentary directed by Jean Lemire, Thierry Ragobert and Thierry Piantanida. It focuses on the changing landscape and abundance…

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Pema Chodron – need to know

Soul Quote / New York, United States / 14 July 1936 – present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Road, Stelvio Pass, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.”

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca – sure idea

Soul Quote / Córdoba, Spain / 4 BC – 65 AD / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Donkey Taxi, Santorini, Greece / LoadingBookmark

“How can the soul which misunderstands itself have a sure idea of other creatures?”

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