Swami Sivananda

Precepts of Practice by Swami Sivananda

Worldly life is a bed of roses till a thorn pricks yon in your feet. When the thorn starts pricking you, then realise that the world is a bed of thorns. The man then awakens to the reality. The world is an illusion. Friends are hypocritical cheats. Relatives are selfish bugs. There is none on whom you can depend except God.Beloved aspirants! Awake! Arise! Realise! Resort to the feet of the Lord. Practise Yoga. Come, start today. Follow my Twenty Instructions. I will serve you nicely and guide…Continue

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RUNNING AFTER THE SHADOW BY SWAMI SIVANANDA

A drama asserting in unequivocal and convincing terms the paramount importance of the Divine Life and Spiritual Propaganda at all times and in all conditions—in war and peace, in freedom and bondage, in poverty and luxury.SynopsisA conversation takes place among four friends—an advocate, a doctor, a professor of Economics and a spiritual culturist. The politically and economically degraded condition of India is attributed to the emphasis laid in the past by Indians upon spirituality. The…Continue

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PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHINGS OF SWAMI SIVANANDA BY SRI PANNALAL (Message14)

BOOK FIVE – THE CONCEPT OF SELFTHE CONCEPT OF SELF IN THE EAST AND WEST"Know Thy Self"—Socrates"Ayamatma Brahma"—Mandukya UpanishadPhilosophy is born in wonder. Man wonders at the sun and the moon, the rivers and the mountains, the earth and the sky. the feeling of wonder at once arouses a reflective consciousness in man. Nature is the first stimulus to philosophical thinking. Man tries to understand and interpret Nature. But there seems to be a still greater and deeper craving in man to…Continue

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PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHINGS OF SWAMI SIVANANDA BY SRI PANNALAL

BOOK FOUR – PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE, DREAM AND GUNASPHILOSOPHY OF LIFEWhat is it that compels the new-born babe to gasp, cry and take its first lungful of air? Life.From that moment, till the last when Life, ever dynamic and vigorous, leaves the worn-out body unfit for any further effort towards evolution, in search of a new, better-suited body, it is Life that animates the individual, making him think, speak and act, live, work and rest. It is life that hungers for food in order to keep its house,…Continue

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SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 25 NOVEMBER

HELPERS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATHThe spiritual path may in the beginning appear to be very hard, thorny, precipitous and slippery. Renunciation of objects gives pain at the outset. If you struggle hard to tread the path, if you once make a strong determination and firm resolve, then it becomes very easy. You get interest and a new joy. Your heart expands and you have a broad outlook on life; you have a new wide vision. You feel the help from the invisible hands of the indweller of your heart. Your…Continue

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SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 26 NOVEMBER

GLORY OF THE SELFBelieve in the self. Draw power from within. Dive deep into the source and come back quite refreshed and invigorated. Have unshakable faith that nothing can ever overpower these. Chant Om Om Om when gloom tries to overpower these. Rejoice in thy own self. Have contentment in thy own self. Never seek happiness from outside.A timid man is unfit for the attainment of Self-realisation. Have no attachment for this mortal body of flesh and bone. Cast if off like slough, just as the…Continue

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Started by Mani kutty Nov 25, 2009.