When, to a man who knows, all beings have become one with his own Self, when furthermore he perceives this oneness, how then can sorrow or delusion touch him?§
Śukla Yajur Veda, Īśa Upanishad 7. VE, 815§
I glorify Him who is of wonderful radiance like the sun, who is the giver of happiness, lovely, benevolent, and the One whom all welcome like a guest. He bestows vigor upon the worshipers; may He, the fire divine, remove our sorrow and give us heroic strength and all sustaining riches.§
Ṛig Veda 10.122.1. RVP, 4617§
I go for refuge to God who is One in the silence of eternity, pure radiance of beauty and perfection, in whom we find our peace. He is the bridge supreme which leads to immortality, and the spirit of fire which burns the dross of lower life.§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 6.19. UPM, 96§
When a seer sees the creator of golden hue, the Lord, the Person, the source of Brahmā, then being a knower, shaking off good and evil and free from stain, he attains supreme equality with the Lord.§
Atharva Veda, Muṇḍaka Upanishad 3.1.3. UPR, 686§
Only by a tranquil mind does one destroy all action, good or bad. Once the self is pacified, one abides in the Self and attains everlasting bliss. If the mind becomes as firmly established in Brahman as it is usually attached to the sense objects, who, then, will not be released from bondage?§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Maitrī Upanishad 6.34. VE, 422§
Words cannot describe the joy of the soul whose impurities are cleansed in deep contemplation—who is one with his ātman, his own Spirit. Only those who feel this joy know what it is.§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Maitrī Upanishad 6.34. UPM, 103§
Even though he causes pain to his patient by applying certain remedies, the physician is not taken to be the cause of the suffering, because in the final analysis he has produced the good that was sought after. §
Mṛigendra Āgama, Jñāna Pāda 7.A.18. MA, 184 §
If we have sinned, awake, asleep, knowing, unknowing, through evil nature, may Agni banish far from us all such hateful wicked deeds. §
Ṛig Veda 10.164.3. VE, 488 §
Disputes, worldly associations and quarrels should be avoided. Not even spiritual disputations should be indulged in, whether good or bad. Jealousy, slander, pomp, passion, envy, love, anger, fear and misery should all disappear gradually and entirely. §
Devīkālottara Āgama, Jñāna Pāda 77-78. RM, 116 §
And even if thou wert the greatest of sinners, with the help of the vessel of wisdom thou shalt cross the sea of evil. Even as a burning fire burns all fuel into ashes, the fire of eternal wisdom burns into ashes all works. §
Bhagavad Gītā 4.36-37. BGM, 64§
The virtuous wife, devotee true and jñāni great—those who do exceeding harm to shock these, their life and wealth will in a year disappear.§
Tirumantiram 532. TM§
O, my Lord, the five senses have taken possession of my body and driven me away from your holy feet. I am confused and troubled at heart, like the curd which is being churned. Bestow enlightenment upon me.§
Tirumurai 4. HY, 11§
As the intense fire of the furnace refines gold to brilliance, so does the burning suffering of austerity purify the soul to resplendence.§
Tirukural 267. WW§
As a man’s shadow follows his footsteps wherever he goes, even so will destruction pursue those who commit sinful deeds.§
Tirukural 208. WW§
A physician takes various roots, mixes them together into one medicine and with it cures the disease. Likewise, the great, All-Knowing Physician, by giving to the soul its body, faculties, the world and all its experiences, cures its disease and establishes it in the bliss of liberation.§
Natchintanai, “Seek the Profit…” NT, 11-12§