Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. Sivananda More Quotes by Sivananda More Quotes From Sivananda The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle. Sivananda battlemindpast The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable. Sivananda benefitssilence A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things. Sivananda transcendentalmeditationmind The impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some 'substance' by Spinoza. The personal aspect (Sakara) of that Being is termed 'Ishvara' or Allah, Hari, Jehova, Father in Heaven, Buddha, Siva, etc. Just as vapour or steam is formless, so also God is formless in His unmanifested or transcendental state. Sivananda substanceheavenfather Never worry. Be ever cheerful. Always laugh and smile. You can use the following powerful autosuggestion: "Mr. Worry, goodbye to you. I am a different person now. I am made of sterner stuff." Worry will now be afraid to show his face to you. You can then remove the worries of many of your friends. Sivananda powerfulmotivationalgoodbye Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. Sivananda depressioninspiringattitude Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must. Sivananda conquerfightingperception Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord. Sivananda treatsinspirationlord Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. Sivananda argumentrealreligion When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal. Sivananda desireheartmen You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth. Sivananda realizingfreedomknows Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize. Sivananda buddhistrealizinggiving Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge. Sivananda menknowledgeneeds Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. Sivananda giving-upinspirationgiving 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. Sivananda sublimenobleteaching Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come. Sivananda tomorrowmaytoday Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another. Sivananda hatesimpleworld Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature. Sivananda mixturesarroganceself Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die. Sivananda painignorancejoy 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. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves. Sivananda buddhistlovepeace
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