Without sattva you can never reach the Supreme. Wherever you are, in whatever station, from there you have to reach sattva in varying degrees because tamas will be reduced only when the mind’s agitations, vikshepas are quietened.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIBut the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
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As agitations quieten, sattva increases slowly.
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The action of today becomes the destiny of tomorrow.
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Look after the present and the future will look after itself.
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The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
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At this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures.
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Never complain, about the number of hours you have put in, to do a job,
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Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.
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Your nobility must estimate how much of you Was put into each hour of your daily work
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The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything
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The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.
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The Present is the womb of the future.
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Silently hear everyone.
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That is when you have trained your unconscious. Then when a situation comes, you can to an extent, depend on your inner voice.
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Remember, ‘Even this will pass away.’
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In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
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