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| Ramayana |
| When the royal heir is single, the succession to the throne is assured. But when there are many princes, the oldest should succeed by right. And he does so if the others are willing to respect and accept that right. |
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| Mahabharata |
| How can one who has not understood the scriptures become a preceptor? |
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| Upanishads |
| The Fire God believes that he is all powerful. But even his power to burn comes from the Supreme. |
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| Hinduism |
| The moon is the Lord of the heart. As the moon is illumined by the sun, so too is the heart swayed by emotions. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou art the father of the world, of the moving and the non-moving. Greater than the greatest, Thou art the one object of worship. There is none equal to Thee in all the worlds. Who, then, can excel Thee, O Thou of incomparable power? |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him whose eyes are of reddish hue. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om ratna - graiveya - cintaka - lola - muktaphalan - vitayai namah.
Salutations to Her who wears a gem - set necklace having a big pearl as a pendant. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Just as one encourages a newly married bride by narrating her husband's good qualities, even so, O Lord, elevate my mind by sound instruction - the mind which has been properly trained in Thy service, which is endowed with humility, and which has taken shelter with the good and holy ones. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Blue - Throated.
Om neelakantaya namah
The good and the bad people hug life and thereby produce poison. Siva consumes this poison in order to save people. Siva's spirit of renunciation consists in His not seeking the pleasant in life but in His partaking of the poison to save the others. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The earth will enjoy a lasting and living peace only when men understand that they must be truthful even in their international dealings.O Lord, it is for this perfect truthfulness that we aspire. |
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