Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
SIVANANDATo make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Giving is the secret of abundance.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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