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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.

Sivananda

To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
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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Desire Greatness Impurity Poverty Spark
You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don’t keep your word.
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Promise Vow Word Yourself
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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Coward Humility Power Spirituality
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Achievement Measurement Reality Spirituality Tranquility
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Awareness Consciousness Forever Meditation Purity Thinking
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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Beyond Reality Religion Science
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Demand Hard Struggle Success
Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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Anand Thakur
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
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Conquer Fight Terrible Yourself
Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Body Disease Health Intense Mindset Thinking
Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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Complete Mental Peace Wave
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.
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Attachment Goodness Man Performance Reach

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