The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.
SIVANANDABe 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.
More Sivananda Quotes
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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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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.
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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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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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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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