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| Ramayana |
| The caste of Brahmins lived by performing religious rites, sacrifices and blessing the populace. Their main area of work was study and meditation on the philosophy life. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Was ever a tiger born of a doe? |
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| Upanishads |
| Feelings and emotions are but fleeting clouds reflected in a forest pool. |
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| Hinduism |
| Who can know Him without contemplation? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord, I make salutations to Thee, the glorious Being. Thee hast entered into me through Thy intelligent power and roused my dormant faculty of speech. Being the lord of all powers, Thou kindlest to activity also all other organs of mine. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who animates and purifies all life. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om Sarv abharana - bhusitayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is adorned with divine ornaments. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Lord! Thou that bearest a skull in hand! Thou mendicant! Thou auspicious and all-pervading One! Accepting this monkey of my mind as my devout offereing, bind it with (the cord of) devotion and bring it under Thy control - this extremely wayward monkey that always wanders in the forest of ignorance, dancing on the hill-tops of young women's breasts, and moving about quickly in diverse directions (according to its promptings) along the branches of worldly desires. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Existence. Om bhavaya namah
He is the Source of all that exists. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
Lord, Thou hast willed, and I execute:
A new light breaks upon the earth,
A new world is born.
The things that were promised are fulfilled. |
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