Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 758 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,673 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Helen Frederick

37. Salutations to the Guru whose existence makes this world real. He is the sun whose light illuminates it. His love makes sons loveable.
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Helen Frederick

I bow to the author of the five eternal cosmic processes - creation sustenance, dissolution, control and award of grace. 94
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73. Salutations to the Guru who by power of self-knowledge, has burnt up all the karmas accumulated through countless lives.
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Helen Frederick

[soild cricle]. 51.... The wise continually offer handfuls of flowers with butterflies humming around them....
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Helen Frederick

144. It accomplishes impossible tasks delivers one from the fear of harm from the nine planets, puts an end to bad dreams, and makes good dreams come true.
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Helen Frederick

111. I bow to the Guru who encompasses the entire universe.... From Brahma to a clump of grass.
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Helen Frederick

70. Caitanyam śāśvatam śāśvata vyomatitam niranyanam; Nāda bindu kalātitam, tasmai śrīgurave namah.
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Helen Frederick

Just as water merges in the ocean milk in milk, butter in butter, the space inside a broken pot in the space outside, likewise, the individual soul merges into the Universal Being. 162.
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Helen Frederick

61.... pure as gold refined in fire and tested thoroughly in the flames of reason, always protects one from death
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Helen Frederick

114. Just as an image of quartz shines in a mirror similarly that which is consciousness and bliss, the true self, shines in the buddhi.
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Helen Frederick

33. Hectave jagatāmeva sainsārārnava setave; Prabhave sarva vidyānāin, sainbhave gurave namah.
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Helen Frederick

Salutations to the revered One who uplifts souls mounted on the tree of the world sinking into the ocean of hell. 31
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Helen Frederick

60. It is the principal pillar holding the stage of all the worlds. It showers the nectar of compassion. It pierces to the secret of this universal assembly composed of various elements. It creates..
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Helen Frederick

Sri devejuva: 2. Om namo devadevesa paratpara jagadhuro sadasiva mahadeva gurudiksam pradehi me.
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Helen Frederick

1. Kailāsa śikhare ramye bhakti sandhana nayakam; Pranamya pārvati bhaktyā śankaram paryaprechata.
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Helen Frederick

48. Ayam mayāñjalubaddho dayā sāgara srddhaye; yad anugrahato jantuś, citra samasāra muktibhak.
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Helen Frederick

155.... Inside the hollow of a banyan or thorn-apple tree or under a mango tree.
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Helen Frederick

The first syllable 'Gu' means darkness: the second 'Ru' light. The Guru is doubtlessly Brahma who dispels all darkness. 23.