You are in truth the visible Brahman. I will proclaim you as the visible Brahman. I will speak the right. I will speak the truth. May this protect me. May it protect my teacher! May this protect me. May it protect my teacher! Aum, peace, peace, peace! §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Taittirīya Upanishad 1.1.1. VE, 757§
The one who has not turned away from wickedness, who has no peace, who is not concentrated, whose mind is restless—he cannot realize the ātman, who is known by wisdom.§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Kathā Upanishad 2.24. VE, 710§
The ten abstinences are nonviolence, truth, nonstealing, chastity, kindness, rectitude, forgiveness, endurance, temperance in food and purity.§
Śukla Yajur Veda, Triśikhī Brāhmaṇa Upanishad 32-33. YM, 19§
May He protect us both. May He be pleased with us both. May we work together with vigor; may our study make us illumined. May there be no dislike between us. Aum, peace, peace. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Taittirīya Upanishad 2.1. Invocation. UPR, 541§
I walk with those who go after God. I live with those who sing His praise. The Lord blesses those who seek Him. With those who unite in Him, I unite in their feet.§
Tirumantiram 543. TM §
Rescue the mind from qualities, make it pure and fix it in the heart. That consciousness which manifests clearly thereafter must alone be aimed at and striven for. One who has recoiled from sensual pleasures and devoted himself to undefiled, pure wisdom is sure to achieve everlasting moksha, even if he does not consciously seek it. Let the aspirant for liberation behave in an unselfish and kind way and give aid to all, let him undergo penance, and let him study this Āgama.§
Devīkālottara Āgama, Jñāna-āchara-vichara 41, 12 & 5. RM, 111, 112; 14§
Tapas, japa, serenity, belief in God, charity, vows in Śaiva way and Siddhānta learning, sacrificial offerings, Śiva pūjā and speech pure—with these ten the one in niyama perfects his way.§
Tirumantiram 557. TM§
Truth obtains victory, not untruth. Truth is the way that leads to the regions of light. Sages travel therein free from desires and reach the supreme abode of Truth. He is immeasurable in His light and beyond all thought, and yet He shines smaller than the smallest. Far, far away is He, and yet He is very near, resting in the inmost chamber of the heart. He cannot be seen by the eye, and words cannot reveal Him. He cannot be reached by the senses, or by austerity or sacred actions. By the grace of wisdom and purity of mind, He can be seen, indivisible, in the silence of contemplation. This invisible ātman can be seen by the mind wherein the five senses are resting. All mind is woven with the senses; but a pure mind shines the light of the Self. Whatever regions the pure in heart may see in his mind, whatever desires he may have in his heart, he attains those regions and wins his desires. Let one who wishes for success reverence the seers of the Spirit.§
Atharva Veda, Muṇḍaka Upanishad 3.1.6-10. UPM, 80§
More precious than life itself is rectitude. Those who practice rectitude possess everything that is worthwhile. Humility, truthfulness, avoidance of killing and stealing, refraining from slandering others, absence of covetousness and so forth—these are the characteristics of a life of rectitude. Whatever the work may be, a man should train himself to carry it out with perseverance, devotion and joy. By disciplining himself in this way he will acquire steadiness of mind; that is to say, the mind will become one-pointed. This will allow the ātman increasingly to manifest its power. What one thinks will take place immediately, and the differentiation that arises from calling this man a friend and that man an enemy will not enter the mind and give room for care and worry. §
Natchintanai, “The True Path.” NT, 4§
Virtue yields Heaven’s honor and Earth’s wealth. What is there then that is more fruitful for a man? Be unremitting in the doing of good deeds; do them with all your might and by every possible means. §
Tirukural 31 & 33. WW§
Keep the mind free of impurity. That alone is the practice of virtue. All else is nothing but empty display. Purity of mind and purity of conduct—these two depend upon the purity of a man’s companions. §
Tirukural 34 & 455. WW§