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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 |
| Ignoring duty is inadvisable, even though the default appears attractive. |
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| Upanishads |
| The Fire God believes that he is all powerful. But even his power to burn comes from the Supreme. |
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| Hinduism |
| Starvation reduces the ability to think. So does gluttony. Eat in moderation. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| He, whose greatness has made Him, the one sole king of this animate and inanimate world, who is the creator and lord of all bipeds and quadrupeds, - He it is to whom we offer our prayers. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the Lord of the immortals. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om karanguli - nakh otpanna - narayana dasakrtyai namah.
Salutations to Her who out of Her finger nails recreated all the ten Incarnations of Vishnu to destroy the Asuras slain by Him in His incarnations and now recreated magically by Bhanda out of missile of his. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Supreme One! This elephant of the mind, huge and ruttish, goes about everywhere with forbidding movements. Having seized it tactfully with the rope of devotion, tie it firmely to the post of Thy undecaying state. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Winkless. Om animishaya namah
Siva is ever wakeful. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Grant lastly that its actions may be the exact and sincere expression of its proclaimed ideals. |
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