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Vyasa व्यास

c. 3000 BCE

Hindu immortals, Vishnu avatar, 5th incarnation of Brahma

“The one who classified the Vedas,” one of the seven Hindu immortals, and Vishnu avatar; Vyasa became author of the Mahabharata. Also credited with writing the eighteen major Purāṇas; he compiled, documented and categorized many ancient Indian texts that had been passed down through long oral traditions. The 10th Sikh guru, Gobind Singh described him as the 5th incarnation of Brahma and praised him for preserving the ancient Vedic knowledge.

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Quotes by Vyasa (29 quotes)

“Never engage in action for the sake of reward… alike in success and defeat.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 2. The Wordless Teachings

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“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 18. The Sick Society

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“A seed that sprouts at the foot of its parent tree remains stunted until it is transplanted… Every human being, when the time comes, has to depart to seek his fulfillment in his own way.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 33. Know Yourself

Themes: Progress

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“Hell has three gates: lust, anger and greed.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 68. Joining Heaven & Earth

Themes: Greed Anger

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“Ravana all your wealth is wasted, what's the use of being rich if you won't spend your gold to do good for other people?”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 75. Greed

Themes: Wealth

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“Learn to look with an equal eye upon all beings, seeing the one Self in all.”

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“We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 10. The Power of Goodness

Themes: Oneness

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“Of all the world’s wonders which is the most wonderful? That no man, though he sees others dying all around him, believe that he himself will die.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 24. Unnecessary Baggage

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“There was never a time when you and I and all the kings gathered here have not existed and nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 56. One with the Dust

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“The wise never harbor hostility… the virtuous man only sees the virtue in everyone else.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 49. No Set Mind

Themes: Projection

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“Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 58. Goals Without Means

Themes: Livelihood

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“Do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 63. Easy as Hard

Themes: Golden Rule

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“Ravana all your wealth is wasted, what's the use of being rich if you won't spend your gold to do good for other people?”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Chapters: 75. Greed

Themes: Wealth

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“The wise see themselves in all others and all others in themselves; and so, they refrain from harming others so that they do not harm themselves.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Peace Kindness

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“Each moment is completely new. To be wise is to accept change. To be enlightened is to love change.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Change

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“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Belief

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“He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor sorrows, nor desires and who has renounced good and evil is thus fit to become one with Brahman.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“Knowledge is indeed better than blind practice; meditation excels knowledge; surrender of the fruits of action is more esteemed than mediation. Peace immediately follows surrender.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Meditation

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“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“Truth is one but the sages speak of it by many names.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“This Self is never born, nor does It die. It did not spring from anything, nor did anything spring from It. This Ancient One is unborn, eternal, everlasting. It is not slain even though the body is slain.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“He knows peace who has forgotten desire.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“The world is imprisoned in its own activity, except when ation are performed as worship of God. Therefore, you must perform every action sacramentally and be free from all attachment to result.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“Be even-tempered in success and failure; for it is this evenness of temper which is meant by yoga.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: One Taste

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“I am justice: clear, impartial, favoring no one, hating no one. But in those who have cured themselves of selfishness, I shine with brilliance.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Justice

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“Let your thoughts flow past you, calmly; keep me near, at every moment; trust me with your life, because I am you, more than you yourself are.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

Themes: Confidence

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“Even those who do not know me—if there actions are straightforward, just and loving—venerate me with the truest kind of worship.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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“The duties of woman are created in the rites of wedding... a husband must be constantly worshiped as a god by a faithful wife... If a wife obeys her husband, she will for that reason alone be exalted in heaven.”

from Mahābhārata महाभारतम्

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