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| Ramayana |
| All the knowledge in the world is no good if it deserts a person in the hour of need. When a person is desperate, the knowledge must open up avenues of help. Only then, the great effort put in acquiring knowledge becomes worthwhile. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Never feel afraid, for fear saps determination. |
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| Upanishads |
| Priya (pleasure) is sought for sensual gratification. |
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| Hinduism |
| A sweet voice alone does not make a singer. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou art manifest in all creatures, in the animal as well as in the holy man. Thou art manifest in all directions; in the sky as well as in rivers and mountains. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the inexhaustible Treasure. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om mula - kuta - traya - kalebarayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose body is identical with Panca - das aksar Mantra with all its Kutas or combination of letters. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
Just as the Devas churned the Ocean of Milk and obtained the moon (Soma), the wish fulylling tree, the cow of plenty, the 'magic-gem', nectar, and Rama (Lakshmi), so the wise men churn the ocean of the Vedas, using their virtuous mind as the rod and firm devotion as the rope string, and obtain Thee, who art in union with Divine Mother (Sa-uma =soma)-- Thee who fulfillest all wants like the wish-fulling tree and the cow of plenty, who grantest all desires like the 'magic-gem', who conferest perpetual bliss on the wise like nectar, and who givest liberation like Lakshmi.
(The allusion is to the Pauranika story about the churning of the ocean by Devas and Asuras. The many rare things that came up in the course of the churning are referred to here. The practice of devotion to Siva and its fruits are compared to this episode and the results got from it.) |
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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) |
| Let the light dawn in your consciousness. |
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