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.
SIVANANDAYour 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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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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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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Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women.
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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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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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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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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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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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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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The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God.
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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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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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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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