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Sivananda Saraswati (or Swami Sivananda) (8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963) was 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.

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Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!

Drinking, Immortal, Laughter, Sleep, Sleeping, Wake

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

Craving, Follow Your Heart, Inspirational, Motivational, Object, Thing

Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.

Ignorance, Self, Temptation, Duty, Owing

Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.

Spiritual, Lying, Heart, Lies, Authentic

The goal of life is god realisation.

Goal, God, Life Goal, Life Is, Realisation

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Desire, Equally, Mental, Peace, Two, Waves

Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.

Book, Books, Heart, Know, Knowledge, Pages

You are not bound. You have got free will. You cannot change the experiences, the results of Prarabdha but you can change your future by right thinking and right action and thus make your will pure and irresistible. You can attain Self-realisatio n with the help of a dynamic will.

Helping, Make, Results, Self, Thinking

There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.

Different, Everything, Truth, Views

You are the Master of your own Destiny

Breeders, Destiny, Master, Masters

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.

Concentrate, Meditation, Mind, Mysterious, Teach, Thoughts

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.

Different, Friends, Goodbye, Motivational, Powerful, Use

Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.

Bliss, Immortal, Meditation Practice, Pain, Supreme, Yoga

Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.

Bliss, Buddhist, Leads, Meditation, Meditation Practice, Regularly

Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.

Cheer, Giving, Joy, Rough, Serve, Tears

Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path

Growth, Path, Sign, Spiritual, Tolerance

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.

Buddhist, Give, Giving, Purify, Realizing, Serve

An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.

Evil, Good, Men, Quality, Rise, Saint

Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.

Expectations, Give, Giving, Hand, Hands, Learn

Be Good, Do Good. Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.

Action, Done, Men, Reaches, Supreme, Thou

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