To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
SIVANANDAFaith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar. The mighty elephant trembles in pain under the agony of sharp god.
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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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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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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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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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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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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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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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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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Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
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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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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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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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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.
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The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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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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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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Bear insult, bear injury.
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