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| Ramayana |
| The Vaishya caste was that of the businessman. Theirs was to trade, manufacture and generate wealth. Their duty lay in enhancing the prosperity of the kingdom and bettering the economic conditions of the people. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Every day hundreds die. Yet the living think, "It will not happen to me." |
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| Upanishads |
| Like a flash of lightning, the Supreme reveals himself to the intuitive. |
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| Hinduism |
| A weak spark cannot burn a big mass. Can a weak body sustain the vast spirit? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Obeisance to Thee, O lord of the universe. Thou art the soul and the maker of the universe. Thou art the universal enjoyer. Thou again art the universal life. Thou verily art the author of this sport of the universe. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the Most High among beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om marali - manda - gamanayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose gait is slow and gentle like the swan's. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
A worn-out foot-wear becomes the indicator betwixt Siva's eye-brows; the pouring of the water carried in the mouth becomes His sacred bath; a piece of meat, a part of which has been bitten off; takes the place of fresh food-offering; and the erstwhile hunter becomes the best of devotees. What is there that the love of God cannot accomplish?
(The allusion is to the story of saint Kannappar, the wild hunter, who by the Lord's grace became the prince of devotion in a moment. He knew none of the scriptural forms of worship, and so he made offerings to Siva's image in his own wild fashion. When he found that eyes of the image were bleeding, he plulled out his own eyes and placed them in their place. Since he would have no eyesight himself himself when placing the second eye, he marked the proper place beforehand with his worn-out sandal.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Sinless. Om anaghaya namah
The destruction of the evil sacrifice at Darukavanam did not taint Him. So He is called Anagha. |
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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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