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NUGGETS:
- “As Tantra says: ‘One must rise by that which one falls’; ‘the very poison that kills becomes the elixir of life when used by the wise.’”

- “The aim of waking the Kundalini is not the acquisition of greater power for the purpose of performing miraculous feats or the enjoyment of material pleasures; it is the realization of Satchidananda.”

NUGGETS:
- “Hindu philosophers encourage the performance of duties, but they exhort men to perform them not from a sense of compulsion but through love.”

- “‘Evil does not overtake him, but he transcends evil. He becomes sinless, taintless, free from doubts, and a knower of truth.’”

NUGGET:
- “All men are born with a blueprint of character, mainly prepared by their actions in previous lives, though their physical traits are determined by hereditary. Men’s present dispositions are the results of their past, and their present actions create their future. What is called fate or destiny is nothing but the accumulation of tendencies created by past actions and thoughts.”

NUGGET:
- “Rajas and tamas have opposing characteristics, while sattva strikes a balance between the two. … Rajas creates attachment and suffering. Tamas manifests itself as inactivity, dullness, inadvertence, and stupidity. It is the mother of delusion and represents the veiling-power of maya. Sattva manifests itself as the spiritual qualities, and is characterized by balance.”

NUGGETS:

- “Reason, by itself, cannot give certainty, and often it is found that reasoning conceals the rationalizing of a man’s desire; he proves what he wants to prove.”

- “According to Hinduism, religion is experience and not the mere acceptance of certain time-honoured dogmas or creeds. To know God is to become like God.”