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| Ramayana |
| When the royal heir is single, the succession to the throne is assured. But when there are many princes, the oldest should succeed by right. And he does so if the others are willing to respect and accept that right. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The wily try to win by stealing and cheating. |
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| Upanishads |
| Intelligence is the bridle and conscience the chariot driver. |
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| Hinduism |
| Some take pleasure in stale food, others in fresh food. Some take pleasure in the material, others in the spiritual. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| May we realise Brahman with our purified understanding. May we realize the highest bliss with our purified understanding. May we realise Brahman, who is the highest bliss, with our purified understanding. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Sources of all auspiciousness. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om mantriny amba - viracita - visanga - vadha - tositayai namah.
Salutations to Her who feels satisfication at the destruction of Visanga by Her chief minister Syamala. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Lord! What does it avail a man to be a student, a householder, an anchorite , a mendicant, or one outside these four orders? O Master of all being! Bestower of all good! He whose heart-lotus comes in Thy possession - to him Thou becomest his 'own', and Thyself bearest his worldly burdens. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Clothed in the tiger or elephant skin. Om charmine namah
This is the symbol of the conquest of egoism. Mythology speaks of Siva tearing to pieces the body of an elephant - faced demon and of His wearing the skin of that demon as an insignia of valour. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The earth will enjoy a lasting and living peace only when men understand that they must be truthful even in their international dealings.O Lord, it is for this perfect truthfulness that we aspire. |
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