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| Ramayana |
| The appearance of a person may be misleading. He may look young, slender and delicate. Yet his muscles may be of riveted steel. His face may look tender yet he may be ferocious in behaviour. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Why need my master do what I can do for him? |
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| Upanishads |
| If we call him the Father of all, then why do we not realize our brotherhood? |
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| Hinduism |
| Through knowledge, man conquers the heavens. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| I bow to Thee, O Thou blissful Self. I bow to Thee, O secrets. Thou art beyond all thought and limitation. Thou art without beginning and without end. I bow to Thee. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is devoid of beginning and end. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om sriman - nagara - nayikayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is the Bindu, the central circle of bliss in the Sri - cakra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O Lord of Bhavani! I attain to similarity of form with Thee by performing Thy ritualistic worship; to closeness with Thee by singing Thy praise; to residence in Thy heavenly plane by associating and conversing with Thy noble devotees; and to oneness with Thee by contemplating on Thy form constituted of the whole of this living and non-living world. Thus in this very embodiment I shall attain life's fulfilment.
(The four levels in the attainment of the Lord are referred to here. These are in the order stated above as sarupya, samipya, salokya and sayujya, the means also for those respective attainments are mentioned here.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Best Seed. Om subijaya namah
Siva is the Seed of the universe without Himself undergoing any change. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| ... let her force work in you, guide you, give you knowledge, give you peace and Ananda. |
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