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From Aristotle to Descartes, space has been more often described as a relation and not as an entity.

What Is Time? What Is Space?

Carlo Rovelli

That concept is shraddha, and its nearest English equivalent is faith. I have translated it as such, but shraddha means much more. It is literally “that which is placed in the heart”: all the beliefs we hold so deeply that we never think to question them.

The Bhagavad Gita

Eknath Easwaran Ed.

The reason for my whole existence is your benevolence; how could I possibly complain about one instance of being served inedible food?”

The Book of Rumi

Rumi

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