FAMOUS PRINCIPLES FROM THE ANCIENT SCRIPTURES OF HINDUISM
1. Most humbly we bow to You, O Supreme Lord.
At Your command moves the mighty wheel of time.
You are eternal and beyond eternity.
(Atharva Veda)
2. The one who loves all intensely
begins perceiving in all living beings
a part of himself.
He becomes a lover of all,
a part and parcel of the Universal Joy.
He flows with the stream of happiness
and is enriched by each soul.
(Yajur Veda)
3. The human body is the temple of God.
One who kindles the light of awareness within
gets true light.
The sacred flame of your inner shrine
is constantly bright.
The experience of unity
is the fulfillment of human endeavors.
The mysteries of life are revealed.
(Rig Veda)
4. Sing the song of celestial love, O singer!
May the divine fountain of eternal grace and joy
enter your soul.
May Brahma pluck the strings of your inner soul
with His celestial fingers,
and feel His own presence within.
Bless us with a divine voice
that we may tune the harp-strings of our life
to sing songs of Love to you.
(Rudrakshajabala Upanishad)
5. Of everything He is the inmost self.
He is the truth; he is the self supreme.
(Chandogya Upanishad)
6. Meditating on the lotus of your heart,
in the center is the untainted,
the exquisitely pure, clear and sorrowless,
the inconceivable,
the unmanifest of infinite form;
blissful, tranquil and immortal
womb of Brahma.
(Kena Upanishad)
7. Those in whose hearts OM reverberates
unceasingly are indeed blessed
and deeply loved as one who is the Self.
The all-knowing Self was never born,
nor will it die. Beyond cause and effect,
this Self is eternal and immutable.
When the body dies, the Self does not die.
(Katha Upanishad)
8. The whole mantra OM;
indivisible and interdependent,
goes on reverberating in the mind.
Established in this cosmic vibration,
the sage goes beyond fear, decay and death
to enter into infinite peace.
(Prashna Upanishad)
9. O Almighty!
You are the infinite; the universe is also infinite!
From infinite the infinite has come out!
Having taken infinite out of the infinite, the infinite remains!
O Almighty! May there be Peace! Peace! Everywhere!
(Ishavasya Upanishad)
10. O seeker, know the true nature of your soul,
and identify yourself with it completely.
O Lord, may we attain the everlasting consciousness
of Supreme Light and Joy.
May we resolve to dedicate our life
to the service of humankind
and uplift them to Divinity.
(Kaushitaki Upanishad)
11. O Brahma, lead us from the unreal to the real.
O Brahma, lead us from darkness to light.
O Brahma, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om.
(Brhadaranyaka Upanishad)
12. The highest Self, all endless bliss,
the unconditioned limitless consciousness,
being realized, whether through the great texts
or through Yoga, in all experience whatever—
lets one lose himself in the ecstasy of Realization,
for he has forever lost all touch
with bondage of every description.
(Vivekachudamani)
13. A particle of its bliss
supplies the bliss of the whole universe.
Everything becomes enlightened in its light.
All else appears worthless after a sight of that essence.
I am indeed of this Supreme Eternal Self.
(Aitareya Upanishad)
14. Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart.
Everything that moves, breathes, opens and closes
lives in the Self. He is the source of love
and may be known through love but not through thought.
He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!
(Mundaka Upanishad)
15. All is changeable in the world of the senses,
but changeless is the supreme Lord of Love.
Meditate on him, be absorbed by him and
wake up from this dream of separateness.
(Shvetashvatara Upanishad)
"When I read the Bhagavad Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous."
— Albert Einstein
"Hinduism is synonymous with humanism. That it its essence and great liberating quality."
— H.G. Wells
"Hinduism as I know it entirely satisfies my soul, fills my whole being... When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and when I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. My life has been full of tragedies and if they have not left any visible and indelible effect on me, I owe it to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita."
— Mahatma Gandhi
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