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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Sivananda

Regular meditation opens the avenues of intuitional knowledge, makes the mind calm and steady, awakens an ecstatic feeling, and brings the practitioner in contact with the source of his/her very being.
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Himself Intuition Knowledge Meditation Practice Regular Source
Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Bridge Invisible Man Visible World
The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Benefit Silence
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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Ability Inheritance Mental Mystery Shut Teaching Thinking
Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Beginning Ourselves Sick
Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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Complete Mental Peace Wave
Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
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Calm Greatness Humanity Pave Peace World
Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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God Manifestation Responsibility Treat
Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women.
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Expression Heart Medium Men Music Voice Woman
The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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Awareness Practice Yoga
Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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God Life Purpose Realize Worth
Life is a series of awakenings.
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Awakening Life One Liner Series
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Control Mindset Pain Responsibility Yoga
The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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Experience Mindset Present Product Thinking
Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Capacity Life Soul
The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Battle Mindset Past Residue

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

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