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| Ramayana |
| A person's intrinsic qualities of caring, loving, truthfulness and gentleness can inspire loyalty and devotion wherever he goes. Such loyalty is not only among his own people but also among those who see him for a short while alone. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Strategy should be revealed or concealed according to situation, as a tortoise reveals or conceals its limbs. |
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| Upanishads |
| Objects of pleasure may be short-lived but they can certainly dissipate Man's strength. |
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| Hinduism |
| Not just the act but the meaning of the act should be paramount. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Om. O Gods, may we hear with our ears what is auspicious. O Ye adorable ones, may we see with our eyes what is auspicious. May we sing praises to ye and enjoy with strong limbs and body the life allotted to us by the Gods. Om Peace, Peace, Peace. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the self-originated and independent One. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om stana - bhara dalan - madhya - patta - bandha - vali - trayayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose waist, breaking under the weight of Her breasts, gets a supporting belt in the three folds of Her abdomen. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
I am not dull unlike the moon on newmoon day ( jadata). I have no kinship with brutes unlike the moon who has the hare in its heart (pasuta). I am not soiled with impurties unlike the lunar disc with its stains (kalankita). I have no crookedness in me unlike the moon noted for its irregular course (kutilacaatvam). Even if I have any of these, am I not, O Thou who wearest the moon on Thy crest, fit to be Thy ornament just like th moon?
(The moon has all the defects mentioned - jadatam Pasuta, kalankita and Kutilacaratvam. Yet the Lord Siva has the crescent moon as an ornament in his matted hair. The devotee therefore pleads that, whether he has these defects or not, he is fit to be accepted by the Lord.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| One given to Yoga. Om yogine namah. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| O Lord, all those who take part in the divine work implore Thee that by a supreme purification they may be liberated from the domination of the ego. |
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