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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.

Sivananda

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
SIVANANDA

Crave Follow Object Yourself
Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
SIVANANDA

God Life Purpose Realize Worth
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.
SIVANANDA

Book Greatness Heart Knowledge Reading Yourself
Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
SIVANANDA

Future Moments Present
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.
SIVANANDA

Compassionate Life Meditation Realize Time Yourself
The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.
SIVANANDA

Ability Inheritance Mental Mystery Shut Teaching Thinking
Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
SIVANANDA

Culture Law Moral Regulation Value
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
SIVANANDA

Death Ignorance Knowledge Pain Sorrow
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
SIVANANDA

Coward Humility Power Spirituality
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
SIVANANDA

Practice Theory Worth
Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
SIVANANDA

Action Horrible People Thinking Word Yourself
Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
SIVANANDA

Belief Creation Faith Finding God Healing Light Mountain
The goal of life is god realisation.
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Goal God Life Realize
Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Capacity Life Soul
This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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Body Greatness School Silence Teacher World
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
SIVANANDA

Control Mindset Pain Responsibility Yoga

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