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| Ramayana |
| Few sights are more touching than that of a woman in distress. It can melt the hardest of hearts. It can arouse chivalry even in weak or cowardly breasts. Her cries can bring forth heroism even in the old and infirm. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Ignoring duty is inadvisable, even though the default appears attractive. |
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| Upanishads |
| Material objects have symbols; not so the Spirit. Then how can we see it with you physical senses? |
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| Hinduism |
| Who can know Him without contemplation? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Om. May there be peace in heaven. May there be peace in the sky. May there be peace on earth. May there be peace in the water. May there be peace in the plants. May there be peace in the trees. May there be peace in the Gods. May there be peace in Brahman. May there be peace in all. May that peace, real peace, be mine. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is pure Existence. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om asvarudh aashisthit asva - koti - kotibhir - avrtayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is surrounded by a cavalry of several crores of horses under the command of Asvarudha. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O Lord of Bhavani! I attain to similarity of form with Thee by performing Thy ritualistic worship; to closeness with Thee by singing Thy praise; to residence in Thy heavenly plane by associating and conversing with Thy noble devotees; and to oneness with Thee by contemplating on Thy form constituted of the whole of this living and non-living world. Thus in this very embodiment I shall attain life's fulfilment.
(The four levels in the attainment of the Lord are referred to here. These are in the order stated above as sarupya, samipya, salokya and sayujya, the means also for those respective attainments are mentioned here.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Innately Excellent.
Om svayam sreshthaya namah. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
Lord, Thou hast willed, and I execute:
A new light breaks upon the earth,
A new world is born.
The things that were promised are fulfilled. |
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