An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
SIVANANDAMan needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.
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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
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Life is a series of awakenings.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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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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Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar. The mighty elephant trembles in pain under the agony of sharp god.
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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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Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.
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Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.
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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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Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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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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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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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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