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  • सर्वे येनानुभूयंते यः स्वयं नानुभूयते ।
    तमात्मानं वेदितारं विद्दि बुद्ध्या सुसूक्ष्मया ॥ 214 ॥
    [विवेकचूडामणि, आदि शंकराचार्य कृतम्]
    - विवेक चूडामणि
    - आदि शंकराचार्य
    		That which is experiencing everything, but that which cannot be experienced directly, know that all-knowing as आत्म or the True Self through your intellect.
    - excerpt from Viveka Chudamani
    - by Adi Shankaracharya
  • भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयं
    माने दैन्यभयं बले रिपुभयं रूपे जराया भयम् ।
    शास्त्रे वादिभयं गुणे खलभयं काये कृतांताद्भयं
    सर्वं वस्तु भयान्वितं भुवि नृणां वैराग्यमेवाभयम् ॥
    [भर्तृहरि वैराग्य शतकम् - 3.31]
    - भर्तृहरेः शतक त्रिशति - नीति शतकम्
    - भर्तृहरि
    		Those engaging in sensual pleasures worry about contracting diseases. Those belonging to a prominent dynasty worry about losing their status. The rich worry about being taxed by the king or the government. Honorable persons worry about being poor. Powerful people worry about their enemies. Young people worry about losing their beauty. Learned people worry about arguments about their disciplines of learning. Virtuous people worry about wicked persons. And, universally, every human fears the inevitable - Death. In fact, everything in this world is linked in one way or other with fear, but only those persons who practice वैराग्य (detachment from worldly desires) live without any fear.
    - excerpt from Bhartruhari Sataka Trisati - Neeti Satakam
    - by Bhartruhari
  • योगरतो वा भोगरतो वा
    संगरतो वा संगविहीनः ।
    यस्य ब्रह्मणि रमते चित्तं
    नंदति नंदति नंदत्येव
    [भज गोविंदम् (मोह मुद्गरम्), आदि शंकराचार्य कृतम्]
    - भज गोविंदम् (मोह मुद्गरम्)
    - आदि शंकराचार्य
    		Whether one may take delight in योग (union with god) or भोग (worldly enjoyment), or whether one may be delighted by संग (company or attachment with things) or संगविहीनः (solitude or practicing detachment); but He, whose mind delights in ब्रह्मन् (the spiritual truth), only He enjoys real bliss and is satisfied, no one else.
    - excerpt from Bhaja Govindam (Moha Mudagaram)
    - by Adi Shankaracharya
  • यत्राधर्मो धर्मरूपाणि धत्ते
    धर्मः कृत्स्नो दृश्यते धर्मरूपः ।
    बिभ्रदर्मो धर्मरूपं तथा च
    विद्वांस स्तं संप्रपश्यनि बुद्द्वा ॥
    [महाभारतं उद्योग पर्व, पंचमोऽध्यायः, सर्ग 28]
    - महाभारतं उद्योग पर्व, पंचमोऽध्यायः, सर्ग 28
    - वेद व्यास
    		There are three forms in which धर्म can sometimes be materialized. Sometimes, अधर्म might seem like धर्म, because someone is faking it. Sometimes, धर्म might seem like अधर्म because we don't understand the roots of their actions. In other times, which is most common, धर्म would look like धर्म and अधर्म would look like अधर्म. The wise men, after thinking with their intellect, see its true form and understand it.
    - excerpt from Mahabharatam Udyoga Parva, 5th Chapter, Sarga 28
    - by Veda Vyasa
  • त्रयी सांख्यं योगः पशुपतिमतं वैष्णवमिति
    प्रभिन्ने प्रस्थाने परमिदमदः पथ्यमिति च ।
    रुचीनां वैचित्र्यादृजुकुटिल नानापथजुषां
    नृणामेको गम्यस्त्वमसि पयसामर्णव इव ॥
    [शिव महिम्ना स्तोत्रम्, पुष्पदंत कृतम्]
    - शिव महिम्ना स्तोत्रम्
    - पुष्पदंत
    		The Three (Vedas), सांख्य, योग, शैव and वैष्णव scriptures commence along different paths. Of these, some people take up one and some another as the best to follow. The faithful follow these diverse ways, straight or meandering, each according to his tendencies. But as the sea is the final resting place for all types of streams, You are the only reaching place for all people whichever path, straight or zigzag, they may accept.
    - excerpt from Shiva Mahimna Stotram
    - by Pushpadanta
   
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