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Ramayana |
A King must have an open mind. He must learn to learn from others. Everybody has some wisdom which he has gleaned from his experience. The King should use the wisdom of others to enhance his own wisdom because he cannot learn everything through personal experience. |
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Mahabharata |
The boasting of the vain resembles the roar of autumn clouds. |
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Upanishads |
The Creator made life and then inspiration. Without inspiration, evolution would not be possible. |
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Hinduism |
The money that you earn from work gets spent. But the knowledge that you earn from work is yours forever. |
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Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
O Lord omniscient, Thou verily art the absolute Consciousness, the Atman and master of all beings, the formless Reality. Thou revealest Thyself unto those whose eye of knowledge has opened, and who, like the bee, have their mind ever fixed on Thy lotus feet. |
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Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
Salutations to Him who is the Self in all beings. |
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Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om parnca - tanmatra - sayakayai namah. Salutations to Her who holds five arrows representing the five Tanmatras (subtle elements). |
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Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
May the lotus feet of Siva, whose garment consists of the quarters of the sky (i.e. who is naked), fill the wardrobe of my mind with their exquisite fragrance that destroys the foul smell of evil tendencies, miseries, binding desires and the like. |
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Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Clearness. Om prasadaya namah Serene-mindedness is prasada. Siva is established in blissful serenity. |
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Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
… A warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, for with or against everybody, with or without a body, the struggle continues and will end by Victory. |
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