Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. — Unknown
So many books, so little time. — The Rig Veda, Hinduism
I am Shakti, as well as Shiva. I am everything male and female, light and dark, flesh and spirit. Perfectly balanced in one single moment lasting an eternity. — Frank Zappa
One should perform karma for the benefit of humanity with an unbiased approach because bias gives birth to evil, which creates thousands of obstacles in our path. — Benjamin Franklin
This is the gist of all worship — to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva; and if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste, or creed, or race, or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples. — Rumi, Naked Morsels : Short Stories of Spiritual Erotica, 2014
Linga Purana is where Maheshwara [Shiva], present in the Agni Linga, explained {the objects of life) virtue, wealth, pleasure, and final liberation at the end of the Agni Kalpa, and this Purana, consists of eleven thousand stanzas. It is said to have been originally composed by Brahma and the primitive Linga is a pillar of radiance, in which Maheswara is present. — Swami Vivekananda, Address at the Rameswaram Temple on Real Worship, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 3
Linga Purana is where Maheshwara [Shiva], present in the Agni Linga, explained {the objects of life) virtue, wealth, pleasure, and final liberation at the end of the Agni Kalpa, and this Purana, consists of eleven thousand stanzas. It is said to have been originally composed by Brahma and the primitive Linga is a pillar of radiance, in which Maheswara is present. — Horace H. Wilson, The Vishṅu Purāṅa: a system of Hindu mythology, Trübner, Volume 6 (1864), p. LXVii-LXViii
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