Sunday, January 01, 2012

Happy New Year Everyone!

Let 2012 bring peace and prosperity to everyone!

Here is a message from Bhagavat Gita. This sloka exhorts everyone to lift themselves by their bootstraps, be self-reliant and to love themselves. This secular message of freedom, personal responsibility and self-affirmation is one of my favorite slokas:
Uddharet Atmana Atmanam Natmanam Avasadayet
Atmaiva Hyatmano Bandhuratmaiva Ripuratmanah.

"Let a man raise himself by himself, let him not lower himself; for he alone is the friend of himself, he alone is the enemy of himself."


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