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| Ramayana |
| When a person becomes blinded by lust, words of wisdom appear unpleasant even if they are spoken by his dear brother. If the brother persists with his rebukes, the person loses all fondness for him and starts hating him. |
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| Mahabharata |
| To overcome the enemy, offer his near one all the enemy's wealth and position. |
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| Upanishads |
| It sees but appears not to see. |
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| Hinduism |
| The giver should not decide what the boon should be. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| He who is the giver of spiritual knowledge and strength, whom the world worships, whose command all learned men obey, whose shelter is immortality, whose shadow is death, -- He it is whom we offer our prayers. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the Eldest, being the cause of all. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om kanak angada - keyura - kamaniya - bhujan - vitayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose beautiful arms are decked with armlets and bracelets of gold. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O Lord of all! Thou all-pervading one! Thou lord od Gauri! Just as the swan seeks the lake abounding in lotus flowers; the Cataka bird, the rain cloud; the Cakravaka bird, the sun; and the Cakora, the moon-- so my heart longs for the lotus feet of Thee who shouldst be searched for in the Upanishads and who bestowest the bliss of final liberation.
(According to the well-known convention in Sanskrit poetry, the swan subsists on lotus stalks, the Cataka on fresh rain drops, and Cakora on moon beams. So they long for these substances. The Chakravaka couples an separated during nights and long for sunrise. The devotee longing for the Lord is campared to the longings of these birds.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Pillar. Om sthanave namah
As the pillar supports an edifice Siva the pillar supports the universe. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Have faith and He will do everything for you. |
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