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| Ramayana |
| Only values are permanent. Values such as trust, faith, belief and love remain immutable through generations. Everything else grows, develops, declines and perishes. All else is temporary and the wise man realises this. |
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| Mahabharata |
| To overcome the enemy, offer his near one all the enemy's wealth and position. |
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| Upanishads |
| If the body be weak, how can it be the receptacle of the immortal Spirit? |
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| Hinduism |
| Why restrict yourself to the narrow 'I' when the whole world is yours. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Lord of the universe, lover of Thy devotees, with Thy grace, do Thou somehow save me who am helpless, unhappy and disappointed through my failure to attain the goal. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the King among the bestowers of the best gifts. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om kamesvar astra - nirdagdha sabhand asura - sunyakayai namah.
Salutations to Her who with the flames of the missile Kamesvara caused the destruction of Bhanda and also of his Capital Sunyaka. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
Lord of all the words! Rhou destroyer of Cupid! Thou who ridest on the bull! Move about, riding on the horse of my mind, which is good-natured, possessed of movements beautiful and varied, of great speed, capable of understanding all intentions, flawless, and endowed with all auspicious marks.
(Siva has a bull as His mount, and on this He has to move about the world to wherever He is invoked by a devotee. The poet-devotee therefore offers his fast moving mind, a horse in this respect, as a better mount for Him to ride upon.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Self of all Beings. Om mahatmane namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| A life consecrated to union with the Divine is the only life worth living. |
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