Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
SIVANANDAMeditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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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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Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.
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Faith induces one to pray.Prayer purifies the heart.In the purified heart is reflected the light of Lord.When the Light sighns the mortal becomes immortal.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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You are the Master of your own Destiny.
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The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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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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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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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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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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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.
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