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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

Sivananda

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Bliss Forever Meditation Practice Regular
Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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Complete Mental Peace Wave
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Demand Hard Struggle Success
Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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Authentic Beautiful Essential Heart Spirituality
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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Himself Intuition Knowledge Meditation Practice Regular Source
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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Practice Theory Worth
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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Education Enjoyment Experience Life Secret
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
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Born Ignorance Mindset Rise Temptation Yourself
The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Battle Mindset Past Residue
Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.
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Emotion Faith Religion Respect Tolerance Unity
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
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Calm Greatness Humanity Pave Peace World
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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Alone Crave End Happiness Satisfaction
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Alone Ego Yourself
When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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God Heart Himself Success

Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

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