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| Ramayana |
| A father's love should nurture the son and make him strong and independent. When the son is young, he may need help. But once he has mastered a skill, he should be given the freedom to use his own judgement and prowess. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The poor man is generally discounted by all. |
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| Upanishads |
| As the shadow is to the Sun, so is the soul to the Supreme. |
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| Hinduism |
| If you destroy a live body, you are a murderer. When you destroy a dead body, who can call you a murderer? So worship life and life sustaining forces. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| I consider even the lowest-born man, who has dedicated his thoughts, words, efforts, riches and life to the Lord, to be worthier than the Brahmin - the highest-born-who, though possessing the above mentioned twleve qualities, is disinclined to worship the lotus feet of the Lord; for the former sanctifies his race, but not so the latter who is puffed up with immense conciet. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is aware of the rights and wrongs done by all beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om sarv arunayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is rose - hued all over. |
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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 Great Seed. Om mahabujaya namah
Siva is the source of everything. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| We surrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that Pretends and imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what is perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in the year that is beginning. |
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