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.
SIVANANDAMeditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women.
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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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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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Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
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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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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.
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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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A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
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The goal of life is god realisation.
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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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