To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
SIVANANDAMan needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.
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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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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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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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Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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Bear insult, bear injury.
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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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Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
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Life is a series of awakenings.
SIVANANDA