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| Ramayana |
| An arrogant man is often as good as blind. He scorns his foes and discounts their strengths. His arrogance prevents him from seeing his own weaknesses and sealing them against probing by the enemy. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Whom the heart desires is the real lover. |
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| Upanishads |
| As the shadow is to the Sun, so is the soul to the Supreme. |
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| Hinduism |
| A wife does not love her husband for his sake but for her own sake. So with the husband. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Tranquil men of renunciation attain their salvation in Him, having their merits and demerits destroyed, and being freed from the fear of rebirth. Salutations to Him who exists in the form of salvation. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the eternally established one. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om ratna - graiveya - cintaka - lola - muktaphalan - vitayai namah.
Salutations to Her who wears a gem - set necklace having a big pearl as a pendant. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O Lord of all! Thou all-pervading one! Thou lord od Gauri! Just as the swan seeks the lake abounding in lotus flowers; the Cataka bird, the rain cloud; the Cakravaka bird, the sun; and the Cakora, the moon-- so my heart longs for the lotus feet of Thee who shouldst be searched for in the Upanishads and who bestowest the bliss of final liberation.
(According to the well-known convention in Sanskrit poetry, the swan subsists on lotus stalks, the Cataka on fresh rain drops, and Cakora on moon beams. So they long for these substances. The Chakravaka couples an separated during nights and long for sunrise. The devotee longing for the Lord is campared to the longings of these birds.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
| The Immovable. Om dhruvaya namah |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| The first opening is effected by a concentration in the heart, a call to the Divine to manifest within us… |
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