Dharmic Wisdom Quotes

[MysticalGypsi]

KURAL 595

The length of the lotus stalk depends on the water's depth.
Even so, a man's greatness is proportionate to his mind's energy.

KURAL 597

Elephants stand firm even when wounded by a barrage of arrows.
Strong-willed men are not discouraged when they meet disaster.

[Agnideva]

Arise! Awake!

Arise! Awake!
And stop not till the goal is reached!

Ye all children of immortality,
Heirs of infinite bliss!
Sleep no more! Weep no more!
Cry no more! Grieve no more!

Proclaim infinite strength!
Proclaim infinite zeal!
Proclaim infinite faith!
Proclaim infinite will!

Arise! Awake!

Fill your brain with iron will!
Make your body strong as steel!
Let your heart be kind and soft;
Fill you mind with the highest thoughts!

Arise! Awake!

Narrow, thorny, long your way,
Sharp as sword all saints so say.
Take the future in your hand,
"Come what may" say "at the end!"

Seek within purity! Seek within divinity!
Seek within reality! Seek within eternity!

Tat Tvam Asi! Thou Art That!
Tat Tvam Asi! Thou Art That!
Tat Tvam Asi! Thou Art That!
Tat Tvam Asi!

Arise! Awake!

~ Swami Vivekananda

[satay]

KURAL 595

The length of the lotus stalk depends on the water's depth.
Even so, a man's greatness is proportionate to his mind's energy.

KURAL 597

Elephants stand firm even when wounded by a barrage of arrows.
Strong-willed men are not discouraged when they meet disaster.

namaste,
what is 'kural?'

[satay]

I found this on wikipedia:
"
The Kural is one of the most important forms of classical Tamil poetry. It is a very short poetic form, exactly in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 metrical feet or sIr and the second line consisting of 3 metrical feet. It should also conform to the grammar for Venpa. Thirukkural, one of the greatest philosophical works in Tamil language by Thiruvalluvar, is a typical example.

"

I didn't know...!

[Agnideva]

Thirukkural, one of the greatest philosophical works in Tamil language by Thiruvalluvar, is a typical example.
I didn't know...!

Apparently, the Thirukkural is so respected in the Tamil-speaking world that they use it in courts of law to take oath. Saint Thiruvalluvar the composer of the Thirukkural was a weaver just like Saint Kabir. There is also a 133 foot statue of Thiruvalluvar at Kanya Kumari, the southernmost tip of India.

[Agnideva]

"It is a sin to kill a tiger in the forest, but if he enters the village, it may become your duty."

~ Paramaguru Siva Yogaswami

[Agnideva]

These quotes are great. This morning as I drove to work the sun breaking through a mist and created a "sundog" effect on both sides of it, with a swirling snow effect in the distance. What came to my mind was this "Arise! Awake!" passage. So, I focused on that as I watched the sun cut through the mist in magical fashion! COOL!

I love that passage by Swami Vivekananda. Depending on what's on your mind, it seems to take on a different meanings. Perhaps that was his intent, to make you more focused on just what is to be done at that particular point in time (?).

[Agnideva]

"Who is it that loves and who that suffers?
He alone stages a play with Himself.
The individual suffers because he perceives duality.
Find the One everywhere and in everything
and there will be an end to pain and suffering."

~ Anandamoyi Ma

[Agnideva]

All beings desire happiness always, happiness without a tinge of sorrow. At the same time everybody loves himself best. The cause for love is only happiness. So, that happiness must lie in one. Further that happiness is daily experienced by everyone in sleep, when there is no mind. To attain that natural happiness one must know oneself. For that, self-enquiry, 'Who am I?' is the chief means.

~ Ramana Maharshi

[Agnideva]

The Master said: If you think, "I know Brahman well," then surely you know but little of Its (true) form; you know only Its form as conditioned by man or by the gods. Therefore, Brahman, even now, is worthy of your inquiry.

The disciple said: I think I know Brahman. I do not think I know It well, nor do I think I do not know It. He among us who knows the meaning of “Neither do I not know, nor do I know,” knows Brahman. He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It; he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It; It is known by those who do not know It.

Kena Upanishad (II:1-3) of the Samaveda