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| Ramayana |
| Even the subjects may rejoice when a child is born to their king and queen. Now they are confident about a continuity of rule and tradition. All over the world, in all ages, the heir to the throne is welcomed like this. |
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| Mahabharata |
| On being given a boon, only the vile ask for the downfall of others. |
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| Upanishads |
| Do not waste food simply because the taste is not to your liking. |
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| Hinduism |
| If there were no Spirit, who would direct the senses? It would be like a kingdom without a king. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Thou hast no colour, no form, no weapons, no particular abode. Yet thou revealest Thyself unto Thy devotess in a personal form. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the unshakeably firm One. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om vaktra - laksmi - parivaha - calan - minabha - locanayai namah. Salutations to Her whose eyes move like fish in the streams of beauty flowing from Her face. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| I resort to contemplation on Lord Siva, which is adopted by those who are desirous of the fruit of the eternal state of liberation, and which gives many delightful devotional experiences like tears of joy and horripilations. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Worshipful. Om mahate namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The hour has come when a choice has to be made, radical and definite. Lord, give us the strength to reject falsehood and emerge in Thy Victory. |
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