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.
SIVANANDATerrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
More Sivananda Quotes
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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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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Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
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There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.
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When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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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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