One can realize God through kirtan alone.
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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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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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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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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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
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Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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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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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.
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To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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