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| Ramayana |
| To a hero, dying on the battlefield is preferable to bending his knee to the enemy. The ignominy of being made captive is anathema to his pride. If he cannot be victorious, he chooses death. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Pretended devotion does not win God. |
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| Upanishads |
| The soul rises on the horizon of my intellect. |
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| Hinduism |
| When eternity is yours, what fear does death hold? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Charming Lord, Yogin Supreme, Thou art the perfect and primal Being. The universe, both manifest and unmanifest, the wise know as Thy body. Thou art the sole master of body, life, mind and senses of all beings. Thou , verily, art Time. Thou art the all-pervading Being, the possessor of all glories, the Lord omnipotent and chageless. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the direct Witness of all. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om Kanthadha - kati - paryanta - madhya - kuta - svarupinyai namah.
Salutations to Her whose middle region from the neck to the waist is represented by the central part (Kamaraja -Kuta) of the same Mantra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O giver of joy! O blue-throated one! The Chataka (Caceulus Melanoleucus) of my mind always longs for the rain cloud of Thy self that pours down the shower of mercy; that has the power of warding off the summer of grave misfortunes; that requires to be adored by the wise men and the gods for the fruition of wisdom; that can assume any form; that is accompanied by the dancing peacocks of devotees; that resides on the mountain peaks; and that is endowed with the lightnings of brilliant matted locks.
(The Cataka bird is reputed to subsist only on the rain water, which it drinks straight as its falls from the clouds.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Ordinance. Om niyamaya namah
Niyama in Raja Yoga consists of purity, self-composer, sacred study, frankness and self-surrender. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Let us find, O Lord, our entire support in Thy Grace alone. |
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