Great Throughts Treasury

"Chant the Name of the Lord, serving Him, you shall obtain peace in His Court."

"Chanting the Name of the Lord is pleasing to my mind."

"By twice born men a widow must not be appointed to ,cohabit with any other ,than her husband , for they who appoint ,her to another ,man , will violate the eternal law."

"Chanting the Name of the Lord the heart lotus blossoms forth, and through the Name of the Lord, I have obtained the nine treasures."

"Chanting the Name of the Lord the troubles of the world vanish."

"Come and meet with me, O brides of the Lord, let s meditate in remembrance on the Creator Lord."

"Come, O Baba, and Siblings of Destiny let s join together, take me in your arms, and bless me with your prayers."

"Conducting himself and ever intent on discharging his royal duties, a king shall order all his servants to work for the good of his people."

"Countless are the names and the places where you (god) dwell, countless worlds that have never been reached. To say countless is to burden the mind."

"Cutting my mind and body apart, cutting them into pieces, I offer these to the one, who recites to me the Words of the True Guru."

"Cry out in mourning you who have come to mourn, this world is false and fraudulent."

"Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands must strive to guard their wives."

"Death hovers over its head, and makes it cry."

"Dedicating my body and mind, I have crossed over the terrifying world ocean, and shaken off the fear of death."

"Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die."

"Deep within, she is attuned to His Love, intoxicated with delight, her enemies and sufferings are all taken away."

"Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males of their families , and, if they attach themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one? s control."

"Deep within, they are stained with the filth of emotional attachment to Maya, they deal in Maya alone."

"Do not make that equal, which is unequal. The food of that liberal usurer is purified by faith, ,that of the of the other man is defiled by a want of faith."

"Defrauded by Maya and worldly affairs, the weepers weep. They weep for the sake of worldly affairs, and they do not wash off their own filth, the world is a dream."

"Do not place yourself above others; dwell within your own mind."

"During fifteen years the manes do not eat the food of that man who disdains a freely offered gift , nor does the fire carry his offerings to the gods ."

"Doubt and Maya have been removed from within me, and I am merged in the True Name. Merged in the True Name, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, meeting my Beloved, I have found peace."

"Drinking ,spirituous liquor , associating with wicked people, separation from the husband, rambling abroad, sleeping ,at unseasonable hours , and dwelling in other men s houses, are the six causes of the ruin of women."

"Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you."

"Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar, I have become immortal, my comings and goings have ceased."

"Egotistical involvement in Maya is filth, Maya is overflowing with filth."

"Eliminate my doubt, pain and suffering in an instant, and preserve me, O Lord, Merciful to the meek."

"Either let them thus live together or apart, if each desires to gain spiritual merit, for by their living separate their merit increases, hence separation is meritorious."

"Emotional attachment to Maya is total madness, through the love of duality, one is ruined."

"Everything that depends on others gives pain, everything that depends on oneself gives pleasure, know that this is the short definition of pleasure and pain."

"Evil is greatly increasing in this world of skepticism, without the Name, one?s honor is lost."

"Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God."

"Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain."

"Eunuchs and outcasts, ,persons born blind or deaf, the insane, idiots and the dumb, as well as those deficient in any organ ,of action or sensation , receive no share."

"Even to the daughters of those daughters something should be given, as is seemly, out of the estate of their maternal grandmother, on the score of affection."

"Even to others, personal friends and so forth, who have come to his house out of affection, he may give food, garnished with seasoning according to his ability, at the same time with his wife."

"Even the male child of a female duly appointed, not begotten according to the rule given above , is unworthy of the paternal estate, for he was procreated by an outcast."

"Even water offered with faith to the manes in vessels made of silver or adorned with silver, produces endless bliss."

"Everyone must fulfill his destiny."

"Five are the Muslim prayers; five their appointed hours, Five their names. These be the true prayers: The first is Truth, the second is lawful earning and the third is to beg the Graces of God for all, The fourth is the right intention in the mind and the fifth is the praise of the Lord."

"For his fires, not being worshipped by offerings of new grain and of an animal, seek to devour his vital spirits because they are greedy for new grain and flesh."

"Far from wife and son am I, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness, the Eternal, the Inner Self."

"Food given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, that given to a physician pus and blood, but that presented to a temple priest is lost, and that given to a usurer finds no place in the world of the gods ."

"Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood."

"For each part is particularly qualified for the accomplishment of certain objects and thus each is declared to be the most important for that particular purpose which is effected by its means."

"Except when sick he must not touch the cavities of the body without a reason, and he must avoid to touch the hair on the secret parts."

"For a man of bad conduct is blamed among people, constantly suffers misfortunes, is afflicted with diseases, and short lived."

"Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let them wander over this earth."

"Far from his dwelling let him remove urine and ordure far let him remove the water used for washing his feet, and far the remnants of food and the water from his bath."