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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

Sivananda

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
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Bliss Forever Meditation Practice Regular
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Alone Ego Yourself
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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Book Greatness Heart Knowledge Reading Yourself
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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Crave Follow Object Yourself
Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.
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Emotion Faith Religion Respect Tolerance Unity
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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Destroy Development Evil Finding Future Goodness Man
Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives – does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.
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Divine Expectation Love Reward Serve Share
Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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Forget Future Hope Live Past Present
Never worry about what other people say or think. Do the right. Have a clear conscience and roam about happily.
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Conscience Happiness People Right Thinking Worry
Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
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Butterfly Love Receive
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
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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Desire Greatness Impurity Poverty Spark
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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Beyond Reality Religion Science
The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Benefit Silence
The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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Anand Thakur

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