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| Ramayana |
| When a childless couple is blessed with a baby, both the parents rejoice. The father because someone will inherit his fortune. The mother because she is not barren. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The adamant shirk words of wisdom as the cold man shirks sandal paste. |
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| Upanishads |
| Possession of wealth is to be praised if it is used to sustain many. |
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| Hinduism |
| Who can know Him without contemplation? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| May Brahman be realised by us. May the highest bliss be realised by us. May Brahman, who is the highest bliss, be realsed by us. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him whose nature is purity. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om parnca - tanmatra - sayakayai namah.
Salutations to Her who holds five arrows representing the five Tanmatras (subtle elements). |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Thou destroyer of Cupid and ruler of the worlds! Thou auspicious and all-pervading One attended upon by thy devotees! May Thou accompanied by Thy Divine Sakti (ie, the Mother of the Universe, Siva's consort, known variously as Uma, Parvati, Gauri, etc.) enter into, and take residence in, the shining and movable tent of my mind, which is fixed every day on the royal road of divine contemplation, and which has the will as the pillar for its support, the Gunas (ie, dispositions of Nature), as its strong ropes, the numerous tendencies as its multiple colours, and the psychic centres as its lotus designs. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Sinless. Om anaghaya namah
The destruction of the evil sacrifice at Darukavanam did not taint Him. So He is called Anagha. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| We surrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that Pretends and imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what is perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in the year that is beginning. |
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