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hinduism todayMantra yields early success due to practicedone in previous life. Self-fulfilling, too, is themantra which is received according to the line oftradition, with due diksha, obtained in the rightway. Innumerable are the mantras; they but distractthe mind. Only that mantra which is receivedthrough the grace of the guru gives all fulfillment.Kularnava Tantra 11.3, Woodroff & Pandit, p. 112O thou who pervades all space, both now andhereafter, as the Soul of souls! The Vedas, Agamas,Puranas, Itihasas and all other sciences inculcatefully the tenet of nonduality. It is the inexplicableduality that leads to the knowledge of nonduality.This is consonant with reason, experience, tradition,and is admitted by the dualists and nondualists.Tayumanavar, 1.3, The Poems of Tayumanavar, Coomaraswamy, p. 44By overthrowing the aggregate of the six enemies[lust, anger, greed, vanity, haughtiness and overjoy],he shall restrain the organs of sense; acquire wisdomby keeping company with the aged; see through hisspies; establish safety and security by being everactive; maintain his subjects in the observance oftheir respective duties by exercising authority; keepdinodiavenerating gurus home blessings love of natureedwin bernbaumup his personal discipline by receiving lessons in thesciences; and endear himself to the people by bringingthem in contact with wealth and doing good to them.Book I, Chapter 7, The Life of a Holy King, Kautilya’sArthashastra, R. ShamasastryOnce Rama asked Hanuman, “How do you look atMe?” And Hanuman replied: “O Rama, as long as Ihave the feeling of ‘I’, I see that Thou art the wholeand I am a part; Thou art the Master and I am Thyservant. But when, O Rama, I have the knowledge ofTruth, Then I realize that Thou art I, and I am Thou.”From the Ramayana, as quoted by Sri Ramakrishna ParamahamsaLet us have concord with our own people, and con cordwith people who are strangers to us. Aßvins, createbetween us and the strangers a unity of hearts.Atharva Veda Samhita, 7.52.1In him who is pure of mind, intellect and ego,the senses and their perceptions are pure, infact, and he finds everything pure as well.Sarvajnanottara Agama, Atma Sakshatkara 62,Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi, p.110One who is established in thecontemplation of nondual unity willabide in the Self of everyone andrealize the immanent, all-pervadingOne. There is no doubt of this.Sarvajnanottara Agama, Atma Sakshatkara 14,Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi, p.17The Self resides within the lotus ofthe heart. Knowing this, consecratedto the Self, the sage enters dailythat holy sanctuary. Absorbed inthe Self, the sage is freed fromidentity with the body and livesin blissful consciousness.Sama Veda, ChandogyaUpanishad 8.3.3-4, The Upanishads,Prabhavananda & Manchester, p. 122With the help of the gardeners calledMind and Love, plucking the flowercalled Steady Contemplation, offeringthe water of the flood of the Self’sown bliss, worship the Lord with thesacred formula of silence!Lalla, The Sources of Indian Tradition, p. 36The Lord of Appati is both insideand outside, form and no form. He isboth the flood and the bank. He is thebroad-rayed sun. Himself the highestmystery, He is in all hidden thoughts.He is thought and meaning, andembraces all who embrace Him.Tirumurai 4.48.7. Poems to Siva, The Hymnsof the Tamil Saints, Peterson, p. 114At the time of the sacrifice, O Lordof the wood [Agni], the worshiperssmear you with sacred oil. When youstand upright or when you reposeon Earth’s bosom, you still will grantus good fortune. Set up to the Eastof the sacred fire, you accept ourprayer, intense and unflagging. Holdyourself high to bring us prosperity.Drive far away dearth of inspiration.Lord of the wood, take now yourstance on this, the loftiest spot of allEarth. Well-fixed and measured one,give to the worshiper, who brings asacrifice, honor and glory.Rig Veda 3.8.1-3, The VedicExperience, Pannikar, p. 373-374There is no difference betweendevotion and perfect knowledge. Aperson who is engrossed in devotionenjoys perpetual happiness. Andperfect knowledge never descends ina vicious person averse to devotion.Siva Purana, Rudra Samhita. 23.16, AncientIndian Tradition and Mythology, vol 1, p. 38As wide Earth, as fire and water, assacrificer and wind that blows, aseternal moon and sun, as ether, asthe eight-formed God, as cos mic goodand evil, woman and man, all otherforms and His own form, and all theseas Himself, as yesterday and todayand tomor row, the God of the long,red hair stands, O Wonder!Tirumurai 6.38.1. Poems to Siva, The Hymnsof the Tamil Saints, Peterson, p.113paul estcourt/herald picture reuters, bazuki muhammad hinduism todaymeditationpenancedanceupi photo service, amin warindex stock imagerypilgrimage devotional art nurturing childrendinodiareuters, dipak kumarin the militarybapsguiding childrenhinduism todaymonastic life80 what is hinduism? chapter 7: hindu scriptures 81