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| Ramayana |
| Most of the suffering in this world grows out of our pride. Our egos cannot accept defeat or downfall. They drive us on and on, from one height to another, never allowing us a moment of peace. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Strategic alliances are well sealed by marriage. |
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| Upanishads |
| Neither analysis nor argument will reveal the Supreme. |
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| Hinduism |
| Offer your food to the Great Omnipresent before eating. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord who art kind to the helpless, terribly afraid am I of the unbearable and dreadful woe that overtakes those who turn round and round in the wheel of existence. Bound though I be by the consequences of my actions, O most glorious one, when shalt Thou, being propitious, recall me unto Thy blessed feet that bestow salvation and protection? |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Maker of all beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om Sakti - kut aikat apanna - katyadho bhaga - dharinyai namah.
Salutations to Her whose form below waist is identical with the last part (Sakthi - Kuta) of Panca - dasaksari Mantra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Thou source of bliss! Poison is Thy food, serpent hy garland, elephant hide Thy garment, and a big ox Thy vehicle. What, then, wouldst Thou give me? What hast Thou got to give? Therefore grant unto me only devotion to Thy lotus feet. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Space-dweller. Om khacharaya namah
The inner space in the heart transcends the phenomenon. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The more we advance on the way, the more the need of the Divine Presence becomes imperative and indispensable. |
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