Vaisesika Sūtras
Vaisesika Sūtra 6.2.02
अभिषेचनोपवासब्रह्मचर्यगुरुकुलवासवानप्रस्थयज्ञ दानप्रोक्षणदिङ्नक्षत्र मन्त्रकालनियमाश्चादृष्टाय ॥२॥
abhiṣecanopavāsa-brahmacarya-gurukulavāsa-vānaprastha-yajña-dāna-prokṣaṇa-diṅ-nakṣatra-mantra-kāla-niyamāś-ca-adṛṣṭāya ॥2॥
[अभिषेक (abhiṣecana) - consecration; उपवास (upavāsa) - fasting; ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya) - celibacy; गुरुकुलवास (gurukulavāsa) - dwelling in a preceptor’s home; वानप्रस्थ (vānaprastha) - forest-dwelling stage; यज्ञ (yajña) - sacrifice; दान (dāna) - charity; प्रोक्षण (prokṣaṇa) - sprinkling; दिक् (diṅ) - direction; नक्षत्र (nakṣatra) - star; मन्त्र (mantra) - mantra; काल (kāla) - time; नियमाः (niyamāḥ) - regulations; च (ca) - and; अदृष्टाय (adṛṣṭāya) - for the unseen;]
Consecration, fasting, celibacy, residence in the preceptor's home, forest life, sacrifice, charity, sprinkling, direction, star, mantra, time, and regulations — all are for the unseen.

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ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय। ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥ - बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् 1.3.28
"Ōm! Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality. Let there be peace, peace, and peace. Ōm!" - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28

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