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| Ramayana |
| Those who boast of their past deeds behave stupidly, if they shut their eyes to the challenges of the future. The past is no guarantee for similar performance in the future. The wise are quick to realise this. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Was ever a tiger born of a doe? |
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| Upanishads |
| May I be able to listen without distraction. |
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| Hinduism |
| Would a thief threatened with death tell the truth about his misdeeds? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| I worship Thee, O sweet Lord of transcendental vision. O giver of prosperity to all, may I be free from the bonds of death, like a ripe fruit dropping from the tree. May I never again forget my immortal nature. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Ever-pure One, beyond the triple modes of nature. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om indra - gopa - pariksipta - smara - tunabha - janghikayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose calf - muscles resemble the quiver of the god of love with bright glow - worm - like decoration. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O my good mind! Worship the lotus feet of Siva that constitute the well-watered field yielding the valuable herbs of liberation desired by you - the field dor the attainment of which even Vishnu the husband of Sri (The Goddess of beauty and prosperity) and of Bhu (the goddess of earth), took the form of a boar.
(The allusion is to the Pauranika story of Brahma and Vishnu starting to find out the head and feet of Siva respectively. Brahma took the form of a Swan and flew up, while Vishnu took the form of a Boar and burrowed down. Both of them are said to have failed to find their goals.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Concealed Self. Om antarhitatmane namah
As the deluded think of the rope as snake, the egoistic think of the non-self as Self. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Lord, it is Thy Peace we would have and not a vain semblance of peace... |
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