Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
SIVANANDAThe practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
More Sivananda Quotes
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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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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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Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
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Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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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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Be 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.
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You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
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An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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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 goal of life is god realisation.
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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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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
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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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The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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