Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
SIVANANDABe 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.
More Sivananda Quotes
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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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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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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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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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Never worry about what other people say or think. Do the right. Have a clear conscience and roam about happily.
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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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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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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.
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The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Giving is the secret of abundance.
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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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