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| Ramayana |
| One of the ways of testing a man's worth is to set him a challenge that ordinary men cannot master. All his ingenuity, skill and prowess will be called into play to overcome the challenge. His abilities will be visible for all to see. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Fight battles with bravery. Death will ensure your name in the rolls of honour. |
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| Upanishads |
| Happiness brings serenity. |
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| Hinduism |
| Lead me from death to immortality. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| The Lord who watches over the universe and fully understands the truth behind all things, - may He protect us all. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the Greatest. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om mano - rup eksu - kodandayai namah.
Salutations to Her who wields in her upper left hand a Sugarcane bow that stands for mind. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| I contemplate in my heart on the supreme Deity, Siva, the three-eyed and luminous Being, who is to be known through the Vedas, who shines in the heart of creatures, who destroys the thrr bodies(gross,subtle and causal) of His worshippers, who is the first of all beings, who is majestic with His pile of matted locks, who wears a garland of quivering serpents, who sports a deer in hand, who is merciful towards me, who is the lord of all creatures, who is the support of pure consciousness, who is inseparable from the Divine Mother, and who has disguished Himself in a worldly garb. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Inhabitant of the cremation ground. Om smasana vasine namah
The aspirant ought to behold the body as a cremation ground even when alive in order to gain dispassion. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Mother divine, thou art with us, each day thou givest me the assurance… |
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