The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
SIVANANDAFame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
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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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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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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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You are the Master of your own Destiny.
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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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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.
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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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Your 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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Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.
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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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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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