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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

Sivananda

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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Born Ignorance Mindset Rise Temptation Yourself
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Awareness Consciousness Forever Meditation Purity Thinking
You are the Master of your own Destiny.
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Destiny Master Yourself
There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Aspect Different Opinion Truth View
Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Conquer Thinking Willing World Yourself
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Bliss Forever Meditation Practice Regular
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Character Form Law Right
When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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Death Desire Heart Immortal Mortal
There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.
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Development Emotion Feeling Hands Intellectual Known Man Willing
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
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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Coward Humility Power Spirituality
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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Artificial Civilization Complication Harm Modern Oneself
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
Giving is the secret of abundance.
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Abundance Secret Yourself
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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Mindset Purity Subject Transcendence Understand

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