Hindu Practices

• ‘There are two ways of contemplation of Brahman: in sound and in silence’ – Maitri Upanishad
• ‘if someone were to ask me what the most important outward manifestation of Hinduism was, I would suggest that it was the idea of cow protection’ Gandhi
• ‘The father and mother give me this body; but the Guru gives me rebirth in the soul’ – Swami Vivekananda
• ‘Lead me from darkness to light’ – Prayer
• ‘The guru is the skilful helmsman divine grace the favourable wind’ – Guru Chaitanya
• ‘One person is not another person. What is he then? He is unique’ – Swami Prajnanpad
• ‘Seek thou refuge in wisdom’ – Bhagavad Gita
• 'if we sew goodness, we reap goodness’ – Vedas
• ‘Rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service’ – Bhagavad Gita
• ‘It is much more difficult to focus on God as the unmanifested than God with form’ – Bhagavad Gita
• ‘The Truth is One, but the paths are many’ – Gandhi
• ‘By holding that sacred stream, touching it, and bathing in its waters, one rescues one’s ancestors to the seventh generation’ – Mahabharata
• ‘Pilgrimages may be undertaken for many personal reasons, such as penance for sin or spiritual regeneration’ – Swami Chidanand
• ‘Brahman is all’ – Vedas
• ‘Where women are respected, there lives God’ – Laws of Manu
• ‘A leaf or flower, water, fruit, a devotee in love may bring; I cherish from that earnest soul the love that makes the offering’ – Bhagavad Gita
• ‘Whatever the zealous soul may offer, be it leaf, fruit or water. That I willingly accept for it was given with love’ – Bhagavad Gita
• ‘By realising God, one is released from all fetters’ – Vedas