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Suvichar

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Suvichar — Sanskrit Sayings

• The Cloak of Silence · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 7
• The Rutting Elephant · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 8
• Speech as Ornament · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 19
• Hidden Treasure · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 20
• Armour, Enemies, Jewels · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 21
• Good Company Clears · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 23
• Three Kinds of Beginners · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 27
• Three Ends of Money · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 43
• Lotus and Mountain · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 66
• Ears and Earrings · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 72
• The Bouncing Ball · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 85
• Enemy in the Body · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 86
• Real Gain, Real Loss · Bhartrihari · Niti Shataka 104
• Eaten by Pleasures · Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 7
• Craving Stays Young · Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 8
• Sunrise and Sunset Spend Us · Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 43
• A Hundred Years · Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 49
• A Well After the Fire · Bhartrihari · Vairagya Shataka 75
• At the Burning Ground · Chanakya Niti 1.12
• Milk over Poison · Chanakya Niti 2.5
• Keep the Plan Quiet · Chanakya Niti 2.7
• Rubies Not Everywhere · Chanakya Niti 2.9
• What Conduct Shows · Chanakya Niti 3.2
• Where There Is Effort · Chanakya Niti 3.11
• Questions to Keep Asking · Chanakya Niti 4.18
• No Fire Like Anger · Chanakya Niti 5.12
• Rain on the Sea · Chanakya Niti 5.16
• Truth Holds Up the Earth · Chanakya Niti 5.19
• Unsteady House · Chanakya Niti 5.20
• Six Things Untold · Chanakya Niti 7.1
• Straight Trees Get Cut · Chanakya Niti 7.12
• Money and Respect · Chanakya Niti 8.1
• Poor in Everything · Chanakya Niti 10.1
• Four Born Gifts · Chanakya Niti 11.1
• Calf Among a Thousand Cows · Chanakya Niti 13.15
• Knowledge in the Book · Chanakya Niti 16.20
• Hearts Awake to Helping · Chanakya Niti 17.15
• Learning, Humility, Worth · Hitopadesha
• Husked Rice Won't Sprout · Hitopadesha
• One Family · Hitopadesha
• Slave with a Load · Hitopadesha
• A Life That Gives · Hitopadesha
• Two Logs on the Ocean · Hitopadesha
• The Dog Made King · Hitopadesha
• Four Ruinous Things · Hitopadesha
• Blacksmith's Bellows · Panchatantra
• Kind to the Unkind · Panchatantra
• Ease of a Calm Mind · Panchatantra
• Swimming Sailor · Panchatantra
• Taking Away Fear · Panchatantra
• Wise Enemy · Panchatantra
• Leaving Home · Panchatantra
• Running No One Down · Panchatantra
• The Sleeping Lion · Panchatantra
• Rabbit and Lion · Panchatantra
• The Turning Wheel · Kalidasa · Meghaduta
• One More Breath · Kalidasa · Raghuvamsha
• Mark on the Moon · Kalidasa · Kumarasambhava
• Asking the Worthy · Kalidasa · Meghaduta
• Riches That Ease Pain · Kalidasa · Meghaduta
• Until the Learned Are Satisfied · Kalidasa · Abhijnanashakuntalam

Suvichar — The Buddha and Tiruvalluvar

• Hatred Never Ends Hatred · Dhammapada 5
• Awake Is the Road · Dhammapada 21
• Water, Arrow, Wood · Dhammapada 80
• The Solid Rock · Dhammapada 81
• Your Own Refuge · Dhammapada 160
• No One Can Purify You · Dhammapada 165
• Four Best Things · Dhammapada 204
• Calm Beats Anger · Dhammapada 223
• Others' Faults · Dhammapada 252
• Buddhas Only Point · Dhammapada 276
• Unripe Fruit · Tirukkural 100
• Kindness Kept, Harm Forgotten · Tirukkural 108
• Words That Bear Fruit · Tirukkural 200
• Kindness as Punishment · Tirukkural 314
• Well in Sand · Tirukkural 396
• Truth from Any Mouth · Tirukkural 423
• The Lotus Stalk · Tirukkural 595
• Pay for the Toil · Tirukkural 619
• Laughing at Trouble · Tirukkural 621

Suvichar — Tagore

• Tears for the Sun · Tagore · Stray Birds 6
• Your Own Shadow · Tagore · Stray Birds 18
• Best Chooses · Tagore · Stray Birds 20
• Lantern on the Back · Tagore · Stray Birds 21
• Eyelids and Eyes · Tagore · Stray Birds 24
• Blaming the Food · Tagore · Stray Birds 40
• Earned by Giving · Tagore · Stray Birds 56
• Great in Humility · Tagore · Stray Birds 57
• Lampholder in Shade · Tagore · Stray Birds 64
• Reading the World Wrong · Tagore · Stray Birds 75
• Flowers Along the Road · Tagore · Stray Birds 102
• Noisy Crowd · Tagore · Stray Birds 110
• Pebbles in the Stream · Tagore · Stray Birds 126
• Half the Truth · Tagore · Stray Birds 128
• Plucked Petals · Tagore · Stray Birds 154
• Great Silence · Tagore · Stray Birds 176
• Too Busy Doing Good · Tagore · Stray Birds 184
• Sit Still, Heart · Tagore · Stray Birds 190
• A Knife All Blade · Tagore · Stray Birds 193
• Praise That Shames · Tagore · Stray Birds 207

Suvichar — Folk Sayings

• The Grain You Eat · Folk saying
• Water and Speech · Folk saying
• Beside the Dye Pot · Folk saying
• When in Another Land · Folk saying
• Saying Ji · Folk saying
• Mouth and Purse · Folk saying
• One Who Runs · Folk saying
• A Pit for Another · Folk saying
• Quilt and the Louse · Folk saying
• Where the Wind Blows · Folk saying
• Handful and Sack · Folk saying
• The Footless Lie · Folk saying
• Hurried Frying · Folk saying
• The Poison Creeper · Folk saying
• He Who Wails · Folk saying
• A Knock on the Head · Folk saying
• A Straw for the Drowning · Folk saying
• Whose Master Is Ram · Folk saying
• Shade for the Scorched · Folk saying
• Birds in the Field · Folk saying
• One Chickpea · Folk saying
• Nine in Hand · Folk saying
• One Hand Clapping · Folk saying
• Hot Milk, Cold Buttermilk · Folk saying
• Lanka Falls from Within · Folk saying
• Contented One · Folk saying
• Slow Ripening · Folk saying
• The Thorn Tree · Folk saying
• The Rotten Fish · Folk saying
• First Wealth · Folk saying
• Ganga in the Washtub · Folk saying
• Sword Cut, Word Cut · Folk saying
• Arrow and Word · Folk saying
• Act, Then Regret · Folk saying
• Good Turn, Into the River · Folk saying
• Where There Is Want · Folk saying
• Weigh, Measure, Speak · Folk saying
• Strained Water · Folk saying
• Empty Head · Folk saying
• Dawn Is When You Wake · Folk saying
• Five Unequal Fingers · Folk saying
• Thundering Clouds · Folk saying
• The Burnt Rope · Folk saying
• One Silence · Folk saying
• No Two Days Alike · Folk saying
• Half and Whole · Folk saying
• The Coal Trader · Folk saying
• Straw by Straw · Folk saying
• Talk and Silence · Folk saying
• Melon Watching Melon · Folk saying
• House Matters · Folk saying
• Four Pots Clink · Folk saying
• Crooked Yard · Folk saying
• Belly First, Vitthal Next · Folk saying
• Ten Hands, One Task · Folk saying
• Those Who Wait · Folk saying

Suvichar — Kabir

• Prayer in Comfort · Kabir
• A Straw Underfoot · Kabir
• Beads of the Mind · Kabir
• Guru and God · Kabir
• Enough for the Guest · Kabir
• Sword and Sheath · Kabir
• A Hundred Pots of Water · Kabir
• Hope Never Died · Kabir
• Clay and Potter · Kabir
• Flowers for Thorns · Kabir
• Throne or Chains · Kabir
• Today's Work, Now · Kabir
• Sleeping Under the Sheet · Kabir
• Diamonds at the Vegetable Stall · Kabir
• The Juggler's Monkey · Kabir
• The Winnowing Basket · Kabir
• Ant and the Elephant · Kabir
• Elephant and Dog · Kabir
• Water Seeks Low Ground · Kabir
• The Crescent Moon · Kabir
• The Musk Deer · Kabir
• A Cool Mind · Kabir
• One Insult Answered · Kabir
• Leaving the I Behind · Kabir
• Boat Still at Sea · Kabir
• Same Iron, Two Blades · Kabir
• Mangoes from Acacia · Kabir
• Crow and Cuckoo · Kabir
• Bridegroom to Burning Ground · Kabir
• Let Yourself Be Cheated · Kabir
• Yogi of the Mind · Kabir
• Fish Still Smells · Kabir
• Two and a Half Letters · Kabir
• The Date Palm · Kabir
• Buds and the Gardener · Kabir
• Not Your Aunt's House · Kabir
• A Diamond for a Shell · Kabir
• Truth and the Heart · Kabir
• Pride Outlives Wealth · Kabir
• Ghee from Water · Kabir
• What the Earth Bears · Kabir
• True Word · Kabir
• The Moat and the Ganga · Kabir
• Garden Without Plucking · Kabir
• Sword's Edge · Kabir
• Outside Mixed, Inside One · Kabir
• The Crane and the Crow · Kabir
• The Touchstone · Kabir
• Three Things Leave · Kabir
• Stain Remains · Kabir
• The Black Current · Kabir
• Coal and Soap · Kabir
• Market and Solitude · Kabir
• Grass over the Tall House · Kabir
• Silk-Cotton Flower · Kabir
• Mine and Mine · Kabir
• White Hair, Dull Mind · Kabir
• Searching for a Bad Man · Kabir
• Afraid on the Bank · Kabir
• Scale of the Heart · Kabir
• Too Much Rain · Kabir
• A Hut for Your Critic · Kabir
• Narrow Lane of Love · Kabir
• Work Now · Kabir
• Feet and Quilt · Kabir
• Lost in the Mind · Kabir
• Into Deep Water · Kabir

Suvichar — Rahim, Tulsi and the Saint Poets

• Again and Again · Vrind
• What Has Passed · Girdhar Kavirai
• A Handful of Earth · Avvaiyar
• Friends in Trouble · Rahim
• Kings over Kings · Rahim
• Water the Root · Rahim
• Pain Kept Quiet · Rahim
• Churning Curdled Milk · Rahim
• Needle and Sword · Rahim
• Trees That Do Not Eat · Rahim
• The Mad Tongue · Rahim
• Unknown Guest · Rahim
• Snakes on Sandalwood · Rahim
• Henna on the Grinder's Hands · Rahim
• Giver Sends · Rahim
• The Knotted Thread · Rahim
• Pearl, Person and Flour · Rahim
• Worry and the Pyre · Rahim
• Load on the Head · Rahim
• The Drum of Departure · Rahim
• Wait for Good Days · Rahim
• Think, Then Speak · Tulsidas · Dohavali
• Friends in Hard Times · Tulsidas · Dohavali
• Bearing Insult, Keeping Duty · Tulsidas · Dohavali
• Straight in Every Way · Tulsidas · Dohavali
• Pleasing Speakers · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• No Duty Greater · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• Good Sense, Good Fortune · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• Good for the Wrongdoer · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• Rain After the Harvest · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• The Peacock's Diet · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• Poverty and Good Company · Tulsidas · Ramcharitmanas
• Mute and the Fruit · Surdas
• Ship's Bird · Surdas
• The Hunted Deer · Surdas
• Lame Cross Mountains · Surdas
• Gopal, Enough Dancing · Surdas
• Wealth of Ram's Name · Mirabai
• Vine of Love · Mirabai
• Buttermilk for Whoever · Mirabai
• Glad and Weeping · Mirabai
• Lane of Knowing · Mirabai
• Sandalwood and Water · Raidas
• The Clay Doll · Raidas
• Ganga in the Washing Bowl · Raidas
• Rubbing Out Mine and Yours · Raidas
• Rope on the Stone · Vrind
• Store of Learning · Vrind
• Water Pot and the Clouds · Vrind
• Darkness Until the Sun · Vrind
• Length of the Sheet · Vrind
• Bitter Medicine · Vrind
• The Wooden Pot · Vrind
• The Clean Mirror · Vrind
• Crow on the Temple · Vrind
• The Wet Blanket · Vrind
• Crooked Tree Stands · Vrind
• True Then, True Now · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• A Hundred Thousand Tricks · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• A Hundred Thousand Thoughts · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• Saying I · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• Air Is the Teacher · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• Furnace and Goldsmith · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• Unasked After · Guru Nanak · Japji Sahib
• Crushed Are His · Tukaram
• A Barleycorn of Happiness · Tukaram
• Living as He Speaks · Tukaram
• Teacher and Student · Tukaram
• Soap and Dirty Water · Tukaram
• Boasting Talkers · Tukaram
• Purity Inside and Out · Basavanna
• Ours, Ours · Basavanna
• Legs for Pillars · Basavanna
• Straighten Yourself · Basavanna
• Heart Not in It · Basavanna
• Spark and Butter · Akka Mahadevi
• Ask No One Else · Akka Mahadevi

Suvichar — Vivekananda and Ramakrishna

• One Idea · Swami Vivekananda
• Living for Others · Swami Vivekananda
• Belief in Yourself · Swami Vivekananda
• The Great Gymnasium · Swami Vivekananda
• Folded Hands · Swami Vivekananda
• Ask Nothing · Swami Vivekananda
• Walls of Adamant · Swami Vivekananda
• Fear Is Death · Swami Vivekananda
• Strength Is Life · Swami Vivekananda
• Beautiful and Ugly Thoughts · Swami Vivekananda
• Hearts Purified by Doing · Swami Vivekananda
• Maker of Your Destiny · Swami Vivekananda
• Throwing Mud · Swami Vivekananda
• Library Within · Swami Vivekananda
• Once More · Swami Vivekananda
• All Within You · Swami Vivekananda
• Angels Unawares · Swami Vivekananda
• True to Your Nature · Swami Vivekananda
• Under the Thumb · Swami Vivekananda
• Each Soul Divine · Swami Vivekananda
• Perfection Already There · Swami Vivekananda
• The Little I · Swami Vivekananda
• Truth Owes No Society · Swami Vivekananda
• Servant First · Swami Vivekananda
• Do, Re, Mi · Sri Ramakrishna
• The Laden Tree · Sri Ramakrishna
• Boat and Water · Sri Ramakrishna
• The Empty Vessel · Sri Ramakrishna
• The Frog in the Well · Sri Ramakrishna
• Squeezing the Almanac · Sri Ramakrishna
• Benares by Map · Sri Ramakrishna
• The Washerman's Clothes · Sri Ramakrishna
• Heavier Scale · Sri Ramakrishna
• Ant, Sugar and Sand · Sri Ramakrishna
• Stars by Day · Sri Ramakrishna
• World's Stage · Sri Ramakrishna

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