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| Ramayana |
| The caste of Brahmins lived by performing religious rites, sacrifices and blessing the populace. Their main area of work was study and meditation on the philosophy life. |
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| Mahabharata |
| It you are lost, follow the path which most sages do. |
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| Upanishads |
| Speak the truth and nothing but the truth. |
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| Hinduism |
| The eye is not the sight. It is only an instrument of sight. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, O Thou the illumination, do Thou free us from sins. Do Thou bring to us what is auspicious. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the unsurpassed Intelligence. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om maha - lavanya - sevadhaye namah.
Salutations to Her who is a treasure house of Divine beauty. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Lord! Thou that bearest a skull in hand! Thou mendicant! Thou auspicious and all-pervading One! Accepting this monkey of my mind as my devout offereing, bind it with (the cord of) devotion and bring it under Thy control - this extremely wayward monkey that always wanders in the forest of ignorance, dancing on the hill-tops of young women's breasts, and moving about quickly in diverse directions (according to its promptings) along the branches of worldly desires. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Foremost. Om varaya namah
The manifest attributes of the Lord fade into insignificance compared to His Original State which is Prajnanam or Pure Consciousness. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Lord, grant that everything in us may be ready for Thy Realisation. On the threshold of the new year we bow down to Thee, O Lord, Supreme Realiser. |
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