Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
SIVANANDACrave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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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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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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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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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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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.
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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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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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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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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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