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| Ramayana |
| Time can dull the sharpest ambition. One can laugh sorrowfully at what one would have gladly died for long ago. The intensity of emotion at a particular time does not let this happen before. |
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| Mahabharata |
| A small insult can foment a great war. |
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| Upanishads |
| The Creator made life and then inspiration. Without inspiration, evolution would not be possible. |
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| Hinduism |
| Who can know Him without contemplation? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| We offer our salutations to Thee, the giver of happiness and well-being. We offer our salutations to Thee, the promoter of good and auspiciousness. We offer our salutations to Thee, the bestower of bliss and still greater bliss. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the conqueror of all. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om asvarudh aashisthit asva - koti - kotibhir - avrtayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is surrounded by a cavalry of several crores of horses under the command of Asvarudha. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Lord! Mother Devotion nurses her baby, the devotee, laying him on the cot of Thy contemplation. She causes him horripilation with tears of joy, covers him with the wrapper of purity, feeds him with the nectar of Thy stories contained in the mouth of the conch (that is the Vedas), and protects his body with the Rudraksa beads and the sacred ashes. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Doer of all. Om sarvakaraya namah
He is the efficient cause of the world. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Lord, we are upon earth to accomplish Thy work of transformation. It is our sole will, our sole preoccupation. |
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