Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
SIVANANDATo make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
More Sivananda Quotes
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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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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Life is a series of awakenings.
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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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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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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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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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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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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To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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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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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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