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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.

Sivananda

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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Condition Discipline Factor Forever Fundamental
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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Practice Theory Worth
Faith induces one to pray.Prayer purifies the heart.In the purified heart is reflected the light of Lord.When the Light sighns the mortal becomes immortal.
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Faith Heart Immortal Light Prayer Reflection
Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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Beginning Bliss End Immortal Joy Meditation
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Achievement Measurement Reality Spirituality Tranquility
The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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God Humanity Life Love Secret Service
Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.
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Fear Mindset Yourself
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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Act Divine End Shape Thinking Word
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
God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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Forever God Satisfaction
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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Crave Follow Object Yourself
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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Depression Failure Future Mistake Past Regret
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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Education Enjoyment Experience Life Secret
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
Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
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Fame Jealous Success
Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Capacity Life Soul

The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.

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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.

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