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| Ramayana |
| The greed for power can debase a person who otherwise has many noble qualities. It is like a cancer which grows away at the heart of sound qualities and makes them hollow. Guarding against this greed is a difficult task. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The greatest king and the humblest beggar must both die sometime. |
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| Upanishads |
| Only when Man has his fill of material objects, does he care to raise his eyes upwards. |
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| Hinduism |
| The giver should not decide what the boon should be. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, Thou art our father; do Thou instruct us like a father. We offer our salutations to Thee. Do Thou not destroy us; do Thou protect us ever. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who reduces everything to its source at the time of dissolution. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om tatanka - yugali - bhuta - tapan odupa mandalayai namah.
Salutations to Her who has the orbs of the sun and the moon as Her pair of ear pendants. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| "This man will be born. He will have a very hard heart. I must, however, dance upon it" - it must be with such thoughts about effecting my salvation that Thou didst formerly accustom Thy tender feet to tread on the mountain ridges. Otherwise, O Lord, why dance on stony surfaces, when there are such places as heavenly mansions, flower-beds and pedestals? |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The High, while seeming Humble.
Om adinaya namah
The Magnanimous though seeming mean. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Lord, grant that everything in us may be ready for Thy Realisation. On the threshold of the new year we bow down to Thee, O Lord, Supreme Realiser. |
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