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| Ramayana |
| To inspire the followers, the leader must first win their trust, faith and affection. Unless these exist, the followers give mere lipservice to leadership. In the hour of need, they desert the sinking ship instead of trying to rebuild it. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Insults make enemies faster than fire devours wax. |
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| Upanishads |
| One who has seen Him experiences the stillness of a forest glade within himself. |
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| Hinduism |
| The potter sees God in clay. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Om. May the presiding deity of day be propitious to us. May the presiding deity of night be propitous to us. May the presiding deity of the sense of vision be propitious to us. May the Gods of strength and of intellect also be propitious to us. May the all-pervading Lord be propitious. Adoration to Brahman. Adoration to Thee, the controller of activities. Thou art, verily, the visible Brahman. Verily, I will declare Thee to be the visible Brahman. The right will I speak. The truth will I speak. May Brahman protect me. May Brahman protect the preceptor. May He protect me. May HE protect the preceptor. Om Peace, Peace, Peace. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the unsurpassed Intelligence. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om gudha - gulphayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose ankles are well-filled and therefore without protrusion. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O crescent-crested Lord! I am not skilled in churning the ocean - (how then am I to supply Thee with the poison of Kalakuta to drink and the flower called the moon to decorate your locks?) I cannot penetrate into the nether worlds - (how then can I provide Thee with serpents for Thy ornaments?) I am not a hunter skilled in chase - (how can I then procure elephant skin for Thee to wear?) Pray tell me, how shall I, therefore, perform Thy worship, which consists in offering food, flowers, ornaments, clothers and the rest?
(The allusion is to the various habits and performances associated with Siva in Hindu mythology. When the milk ocean was churned, of the many things that came out of it, Siva drunk the poison Kalakuta and wore the moon on his matted locks. Serpents are His ornaments; they can be secured their homw, the nether world. In one of His aspects, He is pictured as wearing elephant skin. The devotee confesses his incapacity to procure these rare things for the Lord.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| With tuft like the crest of a peacock. Om sikhandine namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Above all the complications of the so-called human wisdom stands the luminous simplicity of the Divine's Grace, ready to act if we allow It to do so. |
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