Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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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Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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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.
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An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.
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Regular meditation opens the avenues of intuitional knowledge, makes the mind calm and steady, awakens an ecstatic feeling, and brings the practitioner in contact with the source of his/her very being.
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Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.
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Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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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 series of awakenings.
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God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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