"The being who is the sun, fire, moon, air, lightening, water, looking-glass, shadow, self. I mediate upon Brahman as the head of all being. Brahman is all"
Upanishad 2.1
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"Goddesses, may they come to us with great protection and with aid. The Gods be gracious unto us. Where Vishnu walks and through the seven regions of the earth!"
Rig Veda 1.22
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"Just as a person casts off worn out clothes and puts on a new ones, the soul casts off worn out bodies and puts on others that are new"
Bhagavad Gita 2.22
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"Now as a man is like this or like that, according as he acts and how he behaves, so will he be: a man of good acts will become good, a man if bad acts. bad. He becomes pure by pure deeds, bad by bad deeds."
Upanishad 4.4
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"It is far better to perform one's duty ill, than to perform another's duty well"
Bhagavad Gita 3.35
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"He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not for it, Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he knows it, or perhaps he knows not"
Rig Veda 1.22
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"Action, which springs from the mind, from speech, and from the body produces either good or evil results; by actions are caused the conditions of men, the highest, the middling, and the lowest."
Laws of Manu 12.3
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"Be friendly and compassionate , released from ego, selfishness. Be patient and hate not any being."
Bhagavad Gita 12.13
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"This killing of living beings is certainly never the way of those who honestly follow the path of Brahman. When one shows tolerance, friendship, mercy and equality towards all living beings, the Supreme Lord will be very pleased"
Bhagavata Puruna 4
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"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"
Gandhi
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"The whole world is kept in order by punishment, for a guiltless man is hard to find"
Laws of Manu 7.20
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"
Gandhi
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"One should forgive, under any injury. It has been said that the continuation of the species is due to man's being forgiving. Forgiveness is holiness by forgiveness, the universe is held together. Forgiveness is the mighty; forgiveness is sacrifice;
forgiveness is a quiet of mind; forgiveness and gentleness are the qualities of the self-possessed. They represent eternal virtue." Mahabharata
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"Death is felt by all creatures to be fraught with pain"
Mahabharata 13:117
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"There are many causes I am prepared to die for, but no causes am I prepared to kill for"
Gandhi
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"May your weapons be strong and drive away your attackers"
Rig Vedas
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"You must not use your God-given body for killing God’s creature, whether they are human or whatever"
Yajur Vedas
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Upanishad 2.1
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"The being who is the sun, fire, moon, air, lightening, water, looking-glass, shadow, self. I mediate upon Brahman as the head of all being. Brahman is all"
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