Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
SIVANANDAMan needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
More Sivananda Quotes
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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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Bear insult, bear injury.
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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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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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Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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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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A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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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.
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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