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.
SIVANANDAServe, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
More Sivananda Quotes
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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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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The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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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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Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives – does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.
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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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Faith induces one to pray.Prayer purifies the heart.In the purified heart is reflected the light of Lord.When the Light sighns the mortal becomes immortal.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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