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| Ramayana |
| If sibling princes are dutiful and of the right mind the succession of the eldest prince is assured. But vested interests may try to arouse ambition and a desire to rule in the sibling princes. |
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| Mahabharata |
| It you are lost, follow the path which most sages do. |
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| Upanishads |
| Feelings and emotions are but fleeting clouds reflected in a forest pool. |
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| Hinduism |
| Why restrict yourself to the narrow 'I' when the whole world is yours. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| The divine Being who dwells in the moving and the non-moving, but is Himself immutable; who is the light of knowledge and the dispeller of blinding darkness, - Him, the dweller in the heart of all beings, I behold. Him, the supreme Self, I salute. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Slayer of the demon called Madhu. |
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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 who art fond of residing in fortresses (Durga)! Take Thy residence always in the well-supplied fortress of my mind, having calmness as the moat, unyielding resolution as the surrounding walls, the rising multitude of virtues as the faithful army, the powerful senses located in the body as the gates, and knowledge as abounding wealth.
(There is pun on the word durga. It means a fortress and also Parvati the Divine Mother.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The All. om sarvasami namah The Lord is the material cause of the world. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| It is at work here, and one day will come when the most blind, the most unconscious, even the most unwilling shall be obliged to recognised it. |
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