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Ramayana |
The royal heir must be trained in all the skills necessary to maintain order in society and among the four castes. He must be learned in scriptures like a brahmin and must also learn to bear arms. |
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Mahabharata |
Boasting about being the cause of somebody's grief is a compounded sin. |
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Upanishads |
If you must have a tangible symbol of the vast immanate, look to Om. |
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Hinduism |
To know the meaning of words, first know the speaker. |
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Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
Obeisance to Thee, O lord of the universe. Thou art the soul and the maker of the universe. Thou art the universal enjoyer. Thou again art the universal life. Thou verily art the author of this sport of the universe. |
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Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
Salutations to Him who is not born. |
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Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om kamesvara - prema - ratna - mani pratipana - stanyai namah. Salutations to Her whose breasts form the price she pays to Her Consort ( Mahesvara) in return for the gem of love He bestows on Her. |
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Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
A worn-out foot-wear becomes the indicator betwixt Siva's eye-brows; the pouring of the water carried in the mouth becomes His sacred bath; a piece of meat, a part of which has been bitten off; takes the place of fresh food-offering; and the erstwhile hunter becomes the best of devotees. What is there that the love of God cannot accomplish?
(The allusion is to the story of saint Kannappar, the wild hunter, who by the Lord's grace became the prince of devotion in a moment. He knew none of the scriptural forms of worship, and so he made offerings to Siva's image in his own wild fashion. When he found that eyes of the image were bleeding, he plulled out his own eyes and placed them in their place. Since he would have no eyesight himself himself when placing the second eye, he marked the proper place beforehand with his worn-out sandal.) |
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Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Ultra - Austerity. Om paramaya tapase namah. |
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Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
Glory to Thee, O Lord, conqueror of every foe! Give us the power to endure and share in Thy victory. |
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