The efforts of man are stated to be of two kinds, those that transcend scriptures and those that are according to scriptures. Those that transcend scriptures tend to harm, while those that are according to scriptures tend to Reality. §
Śukla Yajur Veda, Mukti Upanishad 2. UPA, 7§
There, where there is no darkness, nor night, nor day, nor being, nor nonbeing, there is the Auspicious One, alone, absolute and eternal. There is the glorious splendor of that Light from whom in the beginning sprang ancient wisdom. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 4.18. VE, 83-84§
Taking as a bow the great weapon of the Upanishad, one should put upon it an arrow sharpened by meditation. Stretching it with a thought directed to the essence of That, penetrate that Imperishable as the mark, my friend. §
Atharva Veda, Muṇḍaka Upanishad 2.2.3. UPH, 372§
By the power of inner harmony and by the grace of God, Śvetāśvatara had the vision of Brahman. He then spoke to his nearest hermit-students about the supreme purification, about Brahman, whom the seers adore. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 6.21. UPM, 97§
Aum. One should meditate on this syllable as the Udgītha chant, for every chant starts with Aum. Of this the explanation is as follows. The essence of all beings is earth; the essence of earth is water; the essence of water is plants; the essence of plants is man; the essence of man is speech; the essence of speech is the Ṛig Veda; the essence of the Ṛig Veda is the Sāma Veda, and the essence of the Sāma Veda is the Udgītha chant.§
Sāma Veda, Çhandogya Upanishad 1.1.1-2. VE, 772§
The Śaivism of Siddhānta is the Śaivism of the Āgamas, the first of which is the Kāmika. §
Kāraṇa Āgama 65. SA, 158§
Riches from obloquy free, the spreading sky and Earth, the directions all, and the godly hosts who there hold sway, all flourish in victory’s wake when brahmins true, with Vedas commencing, pursue the sacrificial way. §
Tirumantiram 214. TM§
In the beauteous Veda, aptly named the Ṛig, as the moving mood behind He stood. In the trembling chant of the Vedic priests He stood, Himself the eye of vision central. §
Tirumantiram 53. TM§
By the grace of the Lord I came to realize the inner meaning of the Āgamas, which are on par with the Vedas, the greatest of the scriptures that thrill the heart. All the world may well attain the bliss I have—who hold firmly to the heavenly secret the books impart, who chant the hymns that thrill the flesh and swell the heart. Strive, always strive, then it will come. §
Tirumantiram 84-85. TM§
Behold the father of the elephant-faced Gaṇapati who dons the konrai garland and has matted locks, the author of the ageless Vedas, the Auspicious One. He is ours by virtue of spiritual efforts (tapas). He abides in the hallowed temple of Ramesvaram. §
Tirumurai §
A thousand scriptures speak of His attributes and signs, His shrines, His paths, His greatness—O witless people, that your hearts have not been won! §
Tirumurai 5.204.6. PS, 95§
As heaven resounded with Hara’s name, with the chants of the Veda and Āgama, and the hymns of the learned brāhmins, the Highest God in Notittanmalai showed me the path, the Lord who gives all blessings gave me a splendid elephant to ride. §
Tirumurai 7.100.8. PS, 322§
May the sun and moon be my protection! May all beings everywhere be my protection! May mantras and tantras be my protection! May the four Vedas, the Śaiva Āgamas and the whole world be my protection!§
Natchintanai, “My Protection.” NT, 239§
The body is a temple, the controlled mind the acolyte. Love is the pūjā. Know that! Through this device you’ll find that naught is lacking. That is what the Vedas declare. The Lord, who not a whit is separated from you, those of impure mind can never see. The mind is a temple; the soul is its lamp. Meditate, meditate! Then Truth will dawn for you.§
Natchintanai, “The Body Is a Temple.” NT, 98§