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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

Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
SIVANANDA

Beginning Ourselves Sick
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
SIVANANDA

Destination Domain Life Man Pilgrimage Ultimate Wisdom
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.
SIVANANDA

Himself Intuition Knowledge Meditation Practice Regular Source
Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
SIVANANDA

God Manifestation Responsibility Treat
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
SIVANANDA

Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
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.
SIVANANDA

Creation Drink Eat Planet Sleep Tears Wake Up Yourself
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.
SIVANANDA

Condition Discipline Factor Forever Fundamental
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
SIVANANDA

Crave Follow Object Yourself
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.
SIVANANDA

Divine Freedom Goodness Life Mental Salvation
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.
SIVANANDA

Depression Failure Future Mistake Past Regret
Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
SIVANANDA

God Life Purpose Realize Worth
One can realize God through kirtan alone.
SIVANANDA

Alone God Realize
Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
SIVANANDA

Bridge Invisible Man Visible World
Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.
SIVANANDA

Emotion Faith Religion Respect Tolerance Unity
Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
SIVANANDA

Complete Mental Peace Wave
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
SIVANANDA

Education Enjoyment Experience Life Secret

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