Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
SIVANANDAThe harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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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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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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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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Life is a series of awakenings.
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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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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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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Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.
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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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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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Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
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