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| Ramayana |
| Beware of a woman scorned in love. Her wrath knows no bounds. All she becomes concerned with is revenge. She loved a man passionately. Equally passionately, she now wants him to suffer. She is not satisfied till he suffers as she is doing now. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Pretended devotion does not win God. |
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| Upanishads |
| When your mind is calm like a mirror, you will see the Spirit reflected in it. |
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| Hinduism |
| The drummer's hand smites sound from the drum. But the drum thinks, " I make music." |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| The wise, attaining to Thee alone the surest refuge, cross the terrible ocean of birth and death, the cause of endless pain and misery. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the Ruler of the sense organs. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om bhanda - sainya - vadh odyukta - sakti - vikrama - harsitayai namah.
Salutations to Her who rejoices at the valour of Her Saktis bent on destroying the army of Bhanda. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O bestower of good! Thou all-pervading One! Prompted by greed and other evil qualities, and being enslaved by the tendency to misappropriate wealth, the thief of my mind is roaming about extensively, bent on getting entrance into the houses of the rich. How can I suffer him to do so, O Lord of Thieves? Deign to bring him under Thy control and bestow Thy grace on me, who am innocent of all guilt.
(The forces of Avidya are the thieves that deprive the Atman of its spiritual glory. The Supreme Being is the Lord of Maya, of which Avidya (ignoranace) is an aspect. As the Master of Maya, He is called the Lord of Thieves. In the Veda, Rudra-Siva is addressed as the Master of Thieves - taskaranam pataye namah) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Innately Excellent.
Om svayam sreshthaya namah. |
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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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