One can realize God through kirtan alone.
SIVANANDALet each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
More Sivananda Quotes
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When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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You are the Master of your own Destiny.
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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
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Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.
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Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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