Swami Sivananda
Swami Sivananda
Sivananda Saraswatiwas a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 September 1887
CountryIndia
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Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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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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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'.
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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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Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
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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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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
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Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate.
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A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.