EACH soul is potentially Divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity with in by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work or worship or psychic control or philosophy- by one or more all of these- and be free. This is whole of RELIGION.
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Though our castes and institutions are apparently linked with our religion, they are not so. These i... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA But there is yet time to change our ways. Give up all those old discussions, old fights about things... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA We must also remember that in every little village-god and every little superstitious custom is that... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as much... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide! SWAMI VIVEKANANDA beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential... 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Realize the Truth, here and now! SWAMI SIVANANDA Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must. SWAMI SIVANANDA If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character. SWAMI SIVANANDA God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction. SWAMI SIVANANDA Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be ... SWAMI SIVANANDA Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for actio... SWAMI SIVANANDA Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. SWAMI SIVANANDA Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come. SWAMI SIVANANDA We have to take the whole universe as the expression of the one Self. Then only our love flows to al... SWAMI RAMDAS Temples and churches have become social centers. They have lost their original purpose because the m... 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Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire... SWAMI SIVANANDA For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle t... SWAMI SIVANANDA Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of succes... SWAMI SIVANANDA Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objecti... SWAMI SIVANANDA Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches our uses it, so love from within u... SWAMI RAMDAS All spiritual disciplined are done with a view to still the mind. The perfectly still mind is univer... SWAMI RAMDAS The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tra... SWAMI SIVANANDA Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. SWAMI SIVANANDA Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. SWAMI SIVANANDA Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illi... SWAMI SIVANANDA Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of th... RADHANATH SWAMI The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and g... RADHANATH SWAMI A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so... SWAMI SIVANANDA In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a... RADHANATH SWAMI We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We c... SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it ... RADHANATH SWAMI Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. I... RADHANATH SWAMI Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an at... RADHANATH SWAMI We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritu... RADHANATH SWAMI A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separa... SWAMI SIVANANDA There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. B... SWAMI SIVANANDA The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch a... RADHANATH SWAMI It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. SWAMI SIVANANDA Nonviolence is the greatest of all religions. SWAMI SAHAJANAND Évidemment, nous devons prendre le monde tel qu’il est, car s’il n’est pas en notre pouvoir d... SWAMI RAMDAS Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us cele... SWAMI SIVANANDA Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize. SWAMI SIVANANDA Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord . SWAMI SIVANANDA Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves. SWAMI SIVANANDA Cultivate discrimination between the Real and the unreal, and you will know whte hollowness of the p... SWAMI SIVANANDA Make a firm resolve. BE earnest. Be vigilant. Be advancing. March forward! O heroic soldier. SWAMI SIVANANDA Little acts make great actions. SWAMI SIVANANDA The greatest obstacles to Self-realisation are desire for property, desire for wealth and desire for... SWAMI SIVANANDA Divine Life is a life of love, wisdom and light. SWAMI SIVANANDA Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire... SWAMI SIVANANDA Today is you own. Tomorrow perchance may never come. SWAMI SIVANANDA Know that wealth, sex-delights, power, learning are all bondage. This is the beginning of wisdom. SWAMI SIVANANDA Swami Sivananda
O Man! O ignorant man! O arrogant, impertinent man! You have wasted your life-time. ... SWAMI SIVANANDA Strive, strive, strive. This is the sacred Mantra to success in everything. SWAMI SIVANANDA Nothing is lost when the candle burns. No spiritual effort goes in vain. SWAMI SIVANANDA Make discrimination-cum-non-attachment your sword to cut the tree of Samsara(the karmic cycle of bir... SWAMI SIVANANDA If you can get over the thirst for carnal pleasures in life, you have almost conquered all your enem... SWAMI SIVANANDA Seek the Immortal, All-blissful Soul within. You will enjoy everlasting happiness and peace. SWAMI SIVANANDA Life is like photography. You use the negative to develop. SWAMI BEYONDANANDA There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. E... SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA If you see good in people, you radiate a harmonious loving energy which uplifts those who are around... ANNAMALAI SWAMI The purification of the mind is very necessary. (72) SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losin... SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA Give up salt, give up sugar, give up spices, give up vegetables, give up chutnies, give up tamarind.... SWAMI SIVANANDA