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| Ramayana |
| Most of the suffering in this world grows out of our pride. Our egos cannot accept defeat or downfall. They drive us on and on, from one height to another, never allowing us a moment of peace. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Elaborate rituals achieve little purpose if they are devoid of humility. |
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| Upanishads |
| Our karma is the bow and spirit the arrow. The Supreme Consciousness is their target. |
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| Hinduism |
| Food enters the stomach but all the senses feel content. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou art the god of wind, of death and of fire, the god of waters and of the moon. Thou art the creator, Thou art the creator if the creator. Salutations to Thee a thousand times, and again and again salutations to Thee. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the All-powerful. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om nijaruna - prabha - pura - majjad brahmanda - mandalayai namah.
Salutations to Her in the rosy splendour of whose form the whole universe is bathed. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Thou kingly bird of my mind! Give up thy vain wanderings and quest after other things, and sport for ever in the nest of Siva's feet, which are resorted to by the birds of holy men fluttering amidst the branches of the tree of the Vedas, and which are rendered charming by the fruits of liberation -- imperishable, joy-giving, pain-healing and nectarine. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Clothed in the tiger or elephant skin. Om charmine namah
This is the symbol of the conquest of egoism. Mythology speaks of Siva tearing to pieces the body of an elephant - faced demon and of His wearing the skin of that demon as an insignia of valour. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| All has to be done by the working of the Mother's force aided by your aspiration, devotion and surrender. |
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