Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda
The Atharvavedais the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life". The text is the fourth Veda, but has been a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism...
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For their own purposes, they enshrine the Lord in the heart; all pain, suffering and disease are taken away.
formidable mind
For the fool, the mind is a formidable dinosaur; for the intelligent, the mind is an angel.
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For the body to perform to the optimum level it is necessary that all the doors work perfectly.
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DO not lay the blame on Godhead, as you are prone to do. When everything goes right you say that God has come close to you; when something goes wrong you say that God has deserted you and gone far away! He does not move far or near.
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Do not kill us! preach us! protect us and do not become angry! May we never oppose you!
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Do not go about proclaiming that you are a sect, distinct and separate from those who adore God in other Forms and Names; thereby, you are limiting the very God whom you are extolling.
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DO not preach; practice. In politics, in the field of administration, in schools and colleges, in spiritual institutions, everywhere, we have a surfeit of preachers but a famine of practitioners.
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Do not long after the departed, who conduct (men) afar! Ascend from the darkness, come to the light! We lay hold of thy hands.
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Do not cage God in a picture frame,Do not confine him in an idol,He is all forms; He is all Names.
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Do not be under the delusion that God is somewhere and you have to search for Him; God is in you.
awaken decide led
Do not be led by others; awaken your own reason; amass your own experience; and decide for yourself your own path.
accept bad good help
Do good and have good done in return; be bad and accept the bad that comes back to you. That is the law; and there is really no help (or) hindrance.
dark morning night
The night is dark and gloomy; how will the morning dawn?
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You, the aspirant for supreme mind, progeny, fortune and wealth..... acting in accordance with your husband's wishes, happily pave your way towards immortality.