This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Death is not the merciless that he is made out to be; he is the friend and companion, the teacher, the kindly kinsman, who takes you into his fold and clothes you with the halo of remembrance.
Cultivation | Grace | Learning | Mind | Work |
Our actions should be such that we become fearless. This can happen only when we lead a virtuous life and follow a righteous path.
Be vigilant about words. Slip while walking, the injury can be repaired; but slip with talking, the injury is irreparable.
Mind |
May your thoughts, resolution and actions unify and become one so that 'unity' becomes possible.
Action | Mind | Resolution | Thought | Thought |
One, who does not cast evil eyes on her 'own' house... who does not have malevolence towards her husband... giver of joy...seeker of family's welfare... who treads on the righteous path... gives happiness to all... serves all... gives birth to good sons... keeps her brother-in-laws satisfied and gives nourishing food...May such a wife help us attain prosperity.
Knowledge | Prosperity | Wishes | Happiness |
His breath shall come, his soul shall come, his sight shall come, and, too, his strength. His body shall collect itself, then shall he stand firm upon his feet.
Mind |
By Your Grace, I obtained this human body; grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Sovereign Lord King.
The mind is uncontrollable; how rare are those who subdue it. Those who move the immovable become pure.
Mind |
Anybody trying to become an efficient ruler should try to imbibe all these good qualities.
The mind is the instrument, the flywheel, and the thickest comrade of man. Through it, one can ruin oneself or save oneself. Regulated and controlled, channeled properly it can liberate; wayward and let loose, it can entangle and bind fast.
With seven wheels does this Time ride, seven naves has he, immortality is his axle. He carries hither all these beings (worlds). Time, the first god, now hastens onward.
Mind | Truth | Understand |
The Siblings of Destiny meet together, and eat and spend, but these resources do not diminish; they continue to increase.
We should never have any kind of malevolence towards our friends.
Do not tremble in fear but become strong and courageous instead.
Contemplation | Evil | Knowledge | Wisdom | Contemplation |
There are three types of persons: those, who confess their own faults and mention the excellence of others, are the highest type; those, who highlight their own excellence and decry the faults of others, are worse; those, who parade their own faults as excellence and deride the excellence in others as faults, are the worst. The last type is nowadays most rampant.
Ignorant and naïve people should try to acquire maximum knowledge from the knowledgeable ones.
Experience | Knowledge |