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| Ramayana |
| In the face of danger, sharp wits and cunning can rescue a man more than anything else. Only prayers cannot help him as much as a combination of prayers and wit can. All victories are built on this foundation. |
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| Mahabharata |
| To know the secrets of a person, become like him. A sadhu if he is one. Or a scavenger if he is one. |
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| Upanishads |
| The senses are to the body as horses to a charior. |
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| Hinduism |
| If you know Him as many, try to think of Him as one. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Salutations, O Lord, unto Thee, the Self, the sovereign and the witness of all. Salutations unto Thee, the great Being, the origin of souls, and the source even of the primal matrix of creation. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Omnipotent Lord. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om anakalita - sadrsya - cibuka - sri - virajitayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose chin is peerless in beauty. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
Just as the Devas churned the Ocean of Milk and obtained the moon (Soma), the wish fulylling tree, the cow of plenty, the 'magic-gem', nectar, and Rama (Lakshmi), so the wise men churn the ocean of the Vedas, using their virtuous mind as the rod and firm devotion as the rope string, and obtain Thee, who art in union with Divine Mother (Sa-uma =soma)-- Thee who fulfillest all wants like the wish-fulling tree and the cow of plenty, who grantest all desires like the 'magic-gem', who conferest perpetual bliss on the wise like nectar, and who givest liberation like Lakshmi.
(The allusion is to the Pauranika story about the churning of the ocean by Devas and Asuras. The many rare things that came up in the course of the churning are referred to here. The practice of devotion to Siva and its fruits are compared to this episode and the results got from it.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Terrific. Om bhimaya namah
Siva is both soft and terrific. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| O Lord, the world implores Thee to prevent it from falling back always into the same stupidities. Grant that the mistakes recognised may never be renewed. |
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