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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 |
| He, who can preserve equanimity in provocative situations, deserves to rule. |
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| Upanishads |
| May your deeds be only righteous. |
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| Hinduism |
| If you see no road, make one to help your fellow-men. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| With my mind absorbed in the bliss of singing Thy glory, O Supreme Lord, I fear not the dreadful river of existence, difficult to cross; but I feel sorry for the pitiable condition of those perverted souls who labour under the dead weight of the world, tempted by the illusions of sensual enjoyments. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who wielded kodanda bow, when he manifested himself as Sri Rama. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om kadamba - vana - vasinyai namah.
Salutations to Her who resides amidst a grove of Kadamba trees ( which fringe the Manidvipa). |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Lord Siva is like unto a dancing peacock. He is blue-throated even as the peacock. He bears the sky as crest, as the peacock its feathery plume. He has the lord of all serpents as his necklace while the peacock, being the deadly enemy of all serpents, has mastery over them. He is decorated with ornaments, as the peacock is with its ornamental tail. He instructs with the sound Om in blessing those who prostrate, while the peacock utters its cry known as the Keka. He dances in joy, seeing the beautiful young daughter of the mountain (i.e, Parvati, His Consort), while the peacock dances at the sight of the black-coloured clouds coming from the hills (sailasamudhbhavam sysmam ghanarucim). I worship that Siva, the blue-throated one, who thus resembles the peacock and delights to sport in the garden of Vedanta. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Worthy of union. Om yojyaya namah
Siva is the goal of Yoga. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The constant presence of the Mother comes by practice; the Divine Grace is essential for success in the Sadhana, but it is the practice that prepares the descent of the Grace. |
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