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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.

Sivananda

You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don’t keep your word.
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Promise Vow Word Yourself
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Freedom Known Realize Truth
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
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Desire Give Up Happiness
The goal of life is god realisation.
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Goal God Life Realize
There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.
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Development Emotion Feeling Hands Intellectual Known Man Willing
Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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Anand Thakur
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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Alone Crave End Happiness Satisfaction
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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Action Horrible People Thinking Word Yourself
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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Finding Goal Name Peace Power Wealth
Bear insult, bear injury.
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Injury Insult One Liner
Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Conquer Fight Terrible 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.
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Ability Inheritance Mental Mystery Shut Teaching Thinking
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
Change the mind, and you can change the body.
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Body Change Inspirational Mindset
Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
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Meditation Purity Realize Serve
Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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Beginning Bliss End Immortal Joy Meditation
Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Future Moments Present
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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Faith Heart Immortal Light Prayer Reflection
Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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Artificial Civilization Complication Harm Modern Oneself
Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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Forget Future Hope Live Past Present
Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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Anand Thakur
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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Energy Eyes Influence Person Smile Wisdom Yourself
The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Battle Mindset Past Residue
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Demand Hard Struggle Success
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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Character Form Law Right

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