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.
SIVANANDARegular 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.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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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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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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Life is a series of awakenings.
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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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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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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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Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives – does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.
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The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
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