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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.

Sivananda

Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
SIVANANDA

Arrogance Harsh Nature Obedience Rude
This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
SIVANANDA

Body Greatness School Silence Teacher World
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
Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.
SIVANANDA

Book Greatness Heart Knowledge Reading Yourself
The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Benefit Silence
Life is a series of awakenings.
SIVANANDA

Awakening Life One Liner Series
Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
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Butterfly Love Receive
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.
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Ability Inheritance Mental Mystery Shut Teaching Thinking
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
SIVANANDA

Control Mindset Pain Responsibility Yoga
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.
SIVANANDA

Desire Greatness Impurity Poverty Spark
The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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Anand Thakur
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
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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Energy Eyes Influence Person Smile Wisdom Yourself
Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
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Culture Law Moral Regulation Value
Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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God Life Purpose Realize Worth
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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Leisure Love Realize Truth Wasted Time

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