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The Word, verily, is greater than name. The Word, in act, makes

known the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, the AtharvaVeda as the ourth, and the ancient lore as the th: the Veda

o Vedas, the ritual or ancestors, calculus, the augural sciences,

the knowledge o the signs o the times, ethics, political science,

sacred knowledge, theology, knowledge o the spirits, military

science, astrology, the science o snakes and o celestial beings.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad ...

The Vedic Experience, Panikkar, p.

Than whom there is naught else higher,

than whom there is naught smaller,naught greater, the One stands l ike

a tree established in heaven. By Hi m,

the Person, is this whole universe lled.

Krishna Yajur Veda, Shvetashvatara

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Upanishads, Radhakrishnan, p.

The man who rejects the words o the scripturesand ollows the impulse o desire attains neither

his perection, nor joy, nor the Path S upreme. Let

the scriptures be, thereore, thy authority as to

what is right and what is not right.

Bhagavad Gita .-, Mascaro, p.

Hinduism oudly embes nih olletion of situe. The most eveed e the Vedas n

two mssive omendi of shruti (th“hed”), both eveled by God to illumentuies nd millenni go. The known s smiti (tht whih is “emis eqully vst, the most ominent elebted of whih e the Itihasas (end histoy)—the Ramayana nd Mahnd the Puranas (mythology). The Vedsienes, inluding yuved, stolodne, hitetue, stteft, domestlw, e efleted in n ssembly of tes Vedangas nd Upavedas. Moeove, tges God-elized souls, shing thei hve oued foth volume uon volumethe wondes of yog nd offe ssiont

devotion. The etion of Hindu situto this dy, s ontemoy mstes etimeless tuths to guide souls on the thIn this Edutionl Insight, we offeoveview of Hindu situe nd nof veses fom this luminous liby

The stack o books at let holds one bou

from each of the four Vedas in the SanskrFor centuries they have been the basis of

cal discussion, study and commentary. Th

also the subject o deep study and med

realize the wisdom o the ancients with

Their mantras are chanted and used in r

ship, prayer and japa.

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Hindu Scriptures Ancient Holy Texts Revealed by God and Man

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Veda, from vid, “to know,” means “supreme wisdom o siene.” Similly, Agama, whihnmes the sed setin eveltions, mens

“desent of knowledge.” The Vedas nd Agamas e

etenl tuths tnsmitted by God though get li-udient nd livoynt ishis. They e Hinduism’spimy nd most uthoittive siptues, expound-ing life’s sedness nd mn’s pupose on the plnet.These pslms of wisdom wee dislosed ove mnyentuies, memoized nd olly onveyed fom gen-etion to genetion within piestly fmilies, then -

nlly witten down in Snskit in the lst few millenni.The subtly symboli lnguge of shruti, the heished

wod of God, is lyicl nd lofty. In imting eligiousctice, ules nd doctine, the Vedas e genel nd

the Agamas secic. The Vedas extol nd invoke mul-tipliity of Gods though elbote e ituls lled yajna. The Agamas ente ound single Deity ndHis woshi with wte, owes nd lights in snctiedtemples nd shines. The Tirumantiram luds, “Twoe the situes tht Lod Siv eveled—the iml

Vedas nd the pefet Agamas.” aum Nmh Sivy.

Above, God holds the holiest o scriptures, the Vedas and

Agamas. Around these are an array o other scriptures,

enscribed on stone, wood, pillars and scrolls. At let, we

see a copy o the Rig Veda Samhita. In the dimmed back-

ground, lamps are oered, as prescribed in the Agamas,

by priests at Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Sri Lanka.

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The oldest and core portions of the vedas

e the fou Samhitas, “hymn collections.” Theyconsist of invoctions to the One Divine nd the

Divinities of ntue—suh s the Sun, the rin, the

Wind, the Fie nd the Dwn—s well s pyes fomtimony, ogeny, oseity, concod, domestic ites,fomuls fo mgi, nd moe. They e omposed inbeutiful metil veses, genelly of thee o foulines. The het of the entie Ved is the 10,552-veseRig Samhita. TheSama nd Yajur Samhitas, ech withbout 2,000 veses, e minly litugil seletions

fom the Rig, whees most of the Athar

nely 6,000 veses of pyes, hms unique. The Sama is nged fo melodthe Yajur fo cdenced intontion. Beside

ech Veda includes one o two Brahmanahndbooks, nd Aranyakas,itul intemny inestimble Upanishads,methysll thee e ove 100,000 Vedic veses, nin dozens of texts. The Tirumantiram conis no dhm othe thn wht the Vedasentl oe the Vedas polim.” aum N

Above, using the traditional elutani, stylus, a

scribes memorized Vedic verses on dried pal

For centuries the Vedas were passed on orall

nally transcribed. Let, a devotee leas thro

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What AreHindu RevealedScriptures?

The Vedas and Agamas, revealedby God, are Hinduism’s sovereign

scriptures, called shruti,“that

which is heard.” Their timeless

truths are expressed in the most

extraordinarily proound mystical

poetry known to man. Aum.

What Is theNature of theVeda Texts?

The holy Vedas, man’s oldestscripture, dating back 6,000 to

8,000 years, are a collection o our

books: the Rig, Sama, Yajur and

Atharva. Each has our sections:

hymns, rites, interpretation and

philosophical instruction. Aum.



Like the taoist tao te ching, the buddhist Dhammapada, the Sikh Adi Granth, the JewishTorah, the chistin Bible nd the Muslim Ko-

ran, the Veda is the Hindu holy book. Fo untold centu-

ies unto tody, it hs emined the sustining foce nduthoittive doctine, guiding followes in wys of wo-ship, duty nd enlightenment— upasana, dhm nd jnana. The Vedas e the medittive nd hilosohiclfous fo millions of monks nd billion seekes. Theistnzs e hnted fom memoy by piests nd ly-men dily s litugy in temple woship nd domesti

itul. all Hindus wholehetedly ccet the Vedas, yeteh dws seletively, intepets feely nd mpliesbundntly. Ove time, this tolent llegine hs wo-ven the vied testy of Bht Dhm. Tody the

Vedase published in Snskit, English, Fenh, Ge-

mn nd othe lnguges. But it is the methysicl ndoul Upanishads whih hve been most mly ndbly tnslted. The Vedas sy, “Just s the sokes e f-xed to the hub of wheel, so e ll things estblishedin life, the Rig nd Yajur nd Sama Veda, scice, thenobility nd lso the piesthood.” aum Nmh Sivy.

How Are theVedas SignificantToday?

The Vedas, the ultimate scripturalauthority, permeate Hinduism’s

thought, ritual and meditation.

They open a rare window

into ancient Bharata society,

proclaiming lie’s sacredness and

the way to oneness with God. Aum.

Above, a young Smarta priest conducts a re ceremony,

havana, as decreed in the Vedas. At let, a Vaishnava

priest blows a conch horn during prayers in Allahabad.

Background photo, at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, a

priest perorms antyeshti , the cremation ritual, last in the

series o rites o passage prescribed in the Vedas.

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I n the vast agamic literature, tradition ounts 92 min Saiva Agamas—10 Siv, 18 ru-d nd 64 Bhiv—77 Shkt Agamas nd 108

Vaishnava Pancharatra Agamas . Most Agamas e of

fou pts, lled padas, nd possess thousnds of me-teed Snskit veses, usully of two lines. The charya

pada detils dily eligious obsevne, ight ondut,the guu- shishya eltionship, ommunity life, housedesign nd town plnning. The kriya pada, ommonlythe longest, extols woship nd temples in metiulousdetil—fom site selection, chitectul design nd ico-

nogphy, to ules fo piests nd the intly puj, nnul festivls nd home-shinThe yog pada discloses the inteio wy of j yog, mnt nd tnt, whih s

wkening of the slumbeing sepent, k jnn pada ntes the ntue of God, so

nd the mens fo libetion. The Tirules, “ Veda nd Agama e Iivn’s se tuth: one is genel, the othe secicsy these wods of God eh two diffsions, the wise see no diffeene.” aum N

What Is theNature of theHoly Agamas?

The Agamas, SanatanaDharma’s second authority,

are revelations on sacred

living, worship, yoga and

philosophy. Saivism, Shaktism

and Vaishnavism each exalts

its own array o Agamas, many

more than 2,000 years old. Aum.

Above, Dr. Ganesan, a scholar at the French Institute o

cherry, India, shows the volumes o Saiva Agamas the

printed to date. They are keepers o 8,000 ancient m

scripts, mostly palm-lea books, such as those seen st

shelves on the let, which one day will be published t

world. In the background, a devotee oers fowers to

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God is love, and to love god is the pure pth pesibed in the Agamas. Veitbly,these texts e God’s own voie dmonishing

the smsi , eincntion’s wndee, to give u love of the tnsient nd doe insted the Immotl. How to

love the Divine, when nd whee, with wht mntsnd visuliztions nd t wht usicious times, ll thisis eseved in the Agamas. The secic doctines ndpties of dy-to-dy Hinduism e nowhee moefully expounded thn in these eveltion hymns, delin-

eting eveything fom dily wok outines to stology

nd osmology. So ovewhelming is agmi inuene

in the lives of most Hindus, ptiully in temple lit-ugy nd ultue, tht it is impossible to ponde mod-en Sntn Dhm without these discouses. Whilemny Agamas hve been published, most emin in-essible, poteted by fmilies nd guilds who estewds of n intimte heedity knowledge. TheTirumantiram sys, “Nine e the Agamas of yoe, intime expnded into 28, they then took divisions thee,

into one tuth of Vednt-Siddhnt to od. Tht is

Suddh Siv, e nd peious.” aum Nmh Sivy.

How AreThe AgamasSignificant Today?

While the Vedas, with myriad

Deities, bind all Hindus together,

the Agamas, with a single

supreme God, uniy each sect in

a oneness o thought, instilling in

adherents the joyul arts o divine

adoration. Aum Namah Sivaya.

Like millions o Hindus beore them, the youth in these

two photos are learning precise recitation o liturgy rom

the Agamas and Vedas. They will spend years per ecting

this training, enabling them to perorm ritual worship,

puja, in temples around the world. I n their priest school in

Tirupati, India, they will memorize hundreds o mantras.


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While the vedas andagamas are shared as t of evey Hindu’s imy scitue, shruti, eh set nd linege denes its own unique

set of smiti. The sced litetue, punya shastra, fomwhich smiti is dwn consists of witings, both ncientnd moden, in mny lnguges. Esecilly centl ethe nient Snskiti texts, suh s the Itihasas, Pura- nas nd Dharma Sastras, which e widely temed thelssil smiti. In elity, while mny evee these ssmiti , othes egd them only s sed litetue.Smiti mens “tht which is emembeed” nd is known

s “the tdition,” fo it deives fom humexeience nd eseves the couse of c shruti comes fom God nd is etenl ndeve-gowing smiti non is witten byism’s sed litetue is the touhstone o

dne, musi, song nd pgenty, yog metphysis nd ethis, exquisite t ndenes. The Vedas inquie, “In whom estbon sees, the hymns, the songs nd fomuls, in whom is estblished the singleof tht suot—who my He be?” aum N

Do Smriti And SacredLiterature Differ?

Hindu sacred literature is a treasury

o hymns, legend, mythology,

philosophy, science and ethics.

From among this vast body o

writings, each lineage recognizes

a select portion as its secondary

scripture, called smriti. Aum.

Above, Masako Ono voyaged rom Japan to

the ancient Odissi dance style and remained

teach it. The many human arts are ound in a

ture. At let, a collection o Hindu holy texts

Delhi store. In the background, two girls rev

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Much of hinduism’s practical knowl-edge is sfeguded in veneble texts whichmlify shruti. The Vedangas nd Upavedas

e collections of texts tht ugment nd ly the Vedas s comehensive system of sced living. Jyotisha Ve-

danga delinetes usicious timing fo holy ites. Kalpa

Vedanga denes ublic ituls in the Srauta nd Sulba

Sutras, domestic ites in the Grihya Sutras nd eligiouslw in the Dharma Sastras. Fou othe Vedangas ensuethe uity of mnt ecittion, though knowledge of honetics, gmm, oety nd the wy of wods. The

Upavedas exound ofound sciences: Arthaveda un-folds sttecft; Ayurveda sets foth medicine nd helth;Dhanurveda discusses mility science; Gandharvaveda illumines music nd the ts; nd Sthapatyaveda ex-lins chitectue. In ddition, the Kama Sutras detileotic lesues. The Agamas, too, hve ncilly texts,such s the Upagamas nd Paddhatis, which elbotethe ncient wisdom. The Jnaneshvari sys, “The Vedas in thei efection e s the beutiful imge of the Godof which the wless wods e the eslendent body.The smitis e the limbs theeof.” aum Nmh Sivy.

What Texts Amplify Vedas And Agamas?

Many texts support the Vedas

and Agamas. Vedangas detail

conduct, astrology, language

and etymology. Upavedas unold

politics, health, warare and music.

Upagamas and Paddhatis elaborate

the Agamic wisdom. Aum.

Above, a bride and groom are in the midst o their wed-

ding; at let they hold an oering o sacred grasses. Wed-

ding chants derive rom the Vedas, Agamas and ancillary

texts; attitudes and guidelines or amily lie are ound in

the Sutras and Shastras. In the background photo, a girl

receives sacraments ater a puja.

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Hinduism’s poetic stories of rishis, gods,heoes nd demons e sung by gifted pndi-ts nd tveling bds, nted to hilden

nd otyed in dms nd festivls. The Mahabhara- ta, the wold’s longest epi poem, is the legend of two

nient dynsties whose get bttle of Kuukshet isthe sene of the Bhagavad Gita, the eloquent siituldilog between ajun nd Kishn. The Ramayana eltes the life of rm, heoi king eveed s theidel mn. The Puranas, like the Mahabharata, e en-ylopedi in sope, ontining tehings on sadhana,

philosophy, dhm, itul, lnguge nchitectue, gicultue, mgic chms ndincil Puranas, six hono God s Siv,nd six s Bhm. The witty Panchatanmong the “stoy” litetue, o katha, othough niml fbles nd bles. The B

oclims, “He who eds this sced dilhim I onside Myself woshiped thoue of knowledge. and the mn who listfith nd without sofng, libeted, he

the hy elm of the ighteous.” aum N

Does HinduismHave Epics

And Myths?

The Mahabharata and Ramayana

are Hinduism’s most renowned

epic histories, called Itihasa.

The Puranas are popular olk

narratives, teaching aith, belie

and ethics in mythology, allegory,

legend and symbolism. Aum.

Above, a woman perorms a dance depicting

the Ramayana in Java, where the world-ren

widely celebrated in gala dance and theater

skrit volumes o the amed poem are shown

Hinduism’s other epic, the Mahabharata.

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I n addition to the epics, legends and supple-

ments to the Vedas nd Agamas, thee is welthof Hindu methysil, yogi nd devotionl wit-

ings. consideed foundtionl e the ely texts den-ing the six hilosohicl darshanas: the suts by Ki-l, ptnjli, Jimini, Bdyn, Knd nd Gutm.Hiled s leding oult woks on yog, sns, nadis,hks, kundlini nd smdhi e the Yoga Sutras,

Tirumantiram, Yoga Vasishtha, Siva Sutras, Siddha

Siddhanta Paddhati, Jnaneshvari, Hatha Yoga Pradip-

ika nd Gher anda Samhita. Widely extolled mong the

bhkti litetue e the Bhagavad Gita, Narada Sutras,

Tiruvasagam, the Vachanas of the Sivshns nd thehymns of mystic oets like Suds, Tukm, rmsd,Mibi, andl, Vllbh, Tulsids, Tyumnv,Lll, Tgoe, auviy nd the sintly Nyns ndalvs. The Bhagavad Gita explins, “as blzing e

educes the wood to shes, O ajun, so does the e of knowledge edue ll tivity to shes. Thee is noth-ing on Eth whih possesses suh powe to lenses wisdom. The pefet yogin nds this knowledge in

himself by himself in due time.” aum Nmh Sivy.

Are ThereOther Types ofSacred Texts?

India’s loty philosophical texts

expound diverse views in exacting

dialectics. Yoga treatises unveil

the mysterious path to ul timate

samadhis. Intimate devotional

hymns disclose the raptures o

consummate divine love. Aum.

Above, a recluse, clearly immersed in his yoga sadhana,

sits in meditation beneath a gnarled banyan tree. At

let are displayed two primary yoga scriptures, Yoga

Sutras and Yoga Vashishtha. In the background, a

young lady lights a ghee lamp to oer in personal

worship, as her ancestors have done or centuries.

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“The concern for all creation that nds

expession in the Vedas is not shed by nyothe eligion. Shanno astu dvipade shanchatush-

pade—this ous in mnt. The Vedas py fo thegood of ll etues inluding bipeds, qudupeds, et.Even gss, shubs, tees, mountins nd the ives enot excluded fom thei benign uview. The hy stteof ll these sentient cetues nd inet objects is boughtbout though the seil qulity of the Vedas.

“The Vedas e lso notble fo the lofty tuths ex-pessed in the mnts. The tenets of these siptues

hve oused the wonde of people of oothe fiths. They e moved by the poethe hymns, the subtle mnne in whihsoil life e delt with, the metphysibedded nd expounded in them, nd tstution s well s sienti tuths.

“Thee e mnts tht e spei llythei sound but e othewise meningthee e woks pegnnt with meningmnti powe. The emkble thing b

is tht they e of immesuble vlue s m

How Did theSage of KanchiExtol the Vedas?

Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati

wrote, “The Vedas are eternal and

are the source o all creation. Their

greatness is to be known in many

ways. Their sound produces in

our nadis (subtle nerve channels),

as well as in the atmosphere,

vibrations that are salutary not onlyto our own Sel but to the entire

world—to the good o mankind

as well as o all other creatures.”

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ponti o Kanchi Kamakoti Pitham, depicted

walked throughout India teaching o the Ve

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uudev, Sivy Submuniyswmi, founde of Hinduism Today, ws once sked, “Wht cn Isy if missiony comes to my doo nd sks,

‘Does Hinduism hve Bible?’ ” He nsweed, “You cnsy, ‘Yes, we hve the Vedas nd Agamas, lus hundedothe scitues tht seve us vey well, thn k you.’ ” In-deed, this divese body of knowledge is unlike the one

Holy Book of othe wold fiths. It is divese, bit neglect-ed, some nely lost, some ctully lost, but ll of it e-cious. Yet, it defines nd colos Hindu life like the genetic

code tht mkes stfish stfish. It is beutiful Hindu style of music, t, dmethics, lw, domestic vlues, siitul stshis, ites of ssge, stology, medicinnd business, chitectue nd stoytellinnd dilomcy, nd the woking togethe owold with the hevenly elms of existen

legcy hels mke Hindus the gcious with qulities of humility, ecition, lobence, joy nd soulful deth of chcte

sound s fo thei vebl ontent. While they hve themnti powe to do immense good to eh one of usnd to the wold, they lso ontin tehings embody-

ing get methysil tuths. “It must hee be emphsized tht on the dotinl

level the Vedas del both with woldly life nd the in-ne life of the Self. They teh how to ondut ou-selves in suh mnne s to ete tmi well-being.and thei onen is not with the libetion of the in-dividul lone; they spek bout the idels of soillife nd bout the duties of the publi. How the bh-min ought to led his life nd how the king must ule

his subjets nd wht idels women e to follow: nnswe to these—stted in the fom of lws—is to befound in these situes.

“My duty is to imess uon you tht it is you eson-sibility to kee the Vedic tdition live. If in Indi the

Vedas etin thei oiginl vitlity even tody, it is be-cuse they e being continuously eeted by studentsnd teches of the Vedas, nd the uity of the soundsnd ents of the wods e etined in tht poess.But it is only by ptiing the Vedi injuntions thtwe n obtin the ge of God, both fo ou indi-vidul welfe nd fo the welfe of the whole wold.”

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As when a re is lit with damp uel,

dierent clouds o smoke come

orth. In the same way rom this

great Being are breathed orth the

Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas .Shukla Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka

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Above, an Indian boy piously pours ghee on the sacred

re, keeping the fame o devotion alive. At let, devotees

worship the Sun in Bihar during Chhat estival, when, or

one night and day, the people live on the banks o t he

river Ganga making oerings to Surya, the gracious Sun

God, a primary Deity honored in the Vedas.

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The soul is bon nd unfolds in body, with dems nd desiesnd the food of life. and then it isebon in new bodies in odnewith its fome woks. The qulityof the soul detemines its futuebody—ethly o iy, hevy o light.

Shvetashvatara Upanishad, .–.

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With enest effot hold the senses in

hek. contolling the beth, egultethe vitl tivities. as hioteeholds bk his estive hoses, so does eseveing sint estin his mind.Shvetashvatara Upanishad, .. The Upanishads,

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The guu who hs ttinedSelf reliztion n lone helthe sint in quiing it.

Siva Sutras ., Jaideva Singh, p. 0

If dily to his home the fwho love him ome, ndbing delight to eyes thbight, mn hs found whole of life within his so

Panchatan

In the beginning of wosthe onlusion of the iteoffeing of wte, in the of the imge, in the bth

imge, in the offeing of sinkling of the imge win the bthing of the imonseted liquids, in thof inense, in the t of win ll othe things to be dSivhy should stike

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Mnt yields ely suess due to tiedone in evious life. Self-fullling, too, is themnt whih is eeived oding to the line of tdition, with due diksha, obtined in the ightwy. Innumeble e the mnts; they but disttthe mind. Only tht mnt whih is eeivedthough the ge of the guu g ives ll fulllment.

Kularnava Tantra ., Woodrof & Pandit, p.

O thou who evdes ll se, both now ndheefte, s the Soul of souls! The Vedas, Agamas,Puranas, Itihasas nd ll othe sienes inultefully the tenet of nondulity. It is the inexlibledulity tht leds to the knowledge of nondulity.This is onsonnt with eson, exeiene, tdition,nd is dmitted by the dulists nd nondulists.

Tayumanavar, 0., The Poems o Tayumanavar, Coomaraswamy, p.

By ovethowing the ggegte of the six enemies[lust, nge, geed, vnity, hughtiness nd ovejoy],he shll estin the ogns of sense; quie wisdomby keeing omny with the ged; see though hissies; estblish sfety nd seuity by being evetive; mintin his subjets in the obsevne of thei esetive duties by exeising uthoity; kee

u his esonl disiline by eeiving lessons in thesienes; nd ende himself to the eole by bingingthem in ontt with welth nd doing good to them.

Book I, Chapter , The Lie o a Holy King, Kautilya’s

Arthashastra, R. Shamasastry

One rm sked Hnumn, “How do you look tMe?” and Hnumn elied: “O rm, s long s Ihve the feeling of ‘I’, I see tht Thou t the wholend I m t; Thou t the Mste nd I m Thysevnt. But when, O rm, I hve the knowledge of Tuth, Then I elize tht Thou t I, nd I m Thou.”

From the Ramayana, as quoted by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Let us hve onod with ou own eole, nd onodwith eole who e stnges to us. aßvins, etebetween us nd the stnges unity of hets.

Atharva Veda Samhita, ..

In him who is ue of mind, intellet nd ego,the senses nd thei eetions e ue, inft, nd he nds eveything ue s well.

Sarvajnanottara Agama, Atma Sakshatkara ,

Collected Works o Ramana Maharshi, p.0

pilgrimage devotional art nurturing children

venerating gurus home blessings love of nature d i n o d i a

e d w i n

b e r n b a u m

i n d e x s t o c k i m a g e r y

d i n o d i a

One who is estblished in theontemltion of nondul unity willbide in the Self of eveyone ndelize the immnent, ll-evdingOne. Thee is no doubt of this.

Sarvajnanottara Agama, Atma Sakshatkara ,

Collected Works o Ramana Maharshi, p.0

The Self esides within the lotus of the het. Knowing this, onsetedto the Self, the sge entes dily

tht holy sntuy. absobed inthe Self, the sge is f eed fomidentity with the body nd livesin blissful onsiousness.

Sama Veda, Chandogya

Upanishad ..-, The Upanishads,

Prabhavananda & Manchester, p.

With the hel of the gdenes lledMind nd Love, luking the owelled Stedy contemltion, offeingthe wte of the ood of t he Self’sown bliss, woshi the Lod with t hesed fomul of silene!

Lalla, The Sources o Indian Tradition, p. 0

The Lod of ati is both insidend outside, fom nd no fom. He isboth the ood nd the bnk. He is thebod-yed sun. Himself the highestmystey, He is in ll hidden thoughts.He is thought nd mening, ndembes ll who embe Him.

Tirumurai ... Poems to Siva, The Hymns

o the Tamil Saints, Peterson, p.

at the time of t he sie, O Lodof the wood [agni], the woshiessme you with sed oil. When youstnd uight o when you eoseon Eth’s bosom, you still will gntus good fotune. Set u to the Estof the sed e, you et ouye, intense nd ungging. Hold

youself high to bing us oseity.Dive f wy deth of insition.Lod of the wood, tke now you

stne on this, the loftiest sot of llEth. Well-xed nd mesued one,give to the woshie, who bings sie, hono nd gloy.

Rig Veda ..-, The Vedic

Experience, Pannikar, p. -

Thee is no diffeene betweendevotion nd efet knowledge. aeson who is engossed in devotionenjoys eetul hiness. andefet knowledge neve desends in viious eson vese to devotion.

Siva Purana, Rudra Samhita. ., Ancient

Indian Tradition and Mythology, vol , p. 0

as wide Eth, s e nd wte, ssie nd wind tht blows, setenl moon nd sun, s ethe, sthe eight-fomed God, s osmi goodnd evil, womn nd mn, ll othefoms nd His own fom, nd l l theses Himself, s yestedy nd todynd tomoow, the God of the long,ed hi stnds, O Wonde!

Tirumurai .0.. Poems to Siva, The Hymns

o the Tamil Saints, Peterson, p.

dance

guiding children monastic life

penance

in the military

meditation

r e u t e r s , d i p a k

k u m a r

b a p s


p a u l

e s t c o u r t / h e r a l d

p i c t u r e

r e u t e r s , b a z u k i m u h a m m a d


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