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The Minor Siddhis

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on September 12, 2011 at 2:00pm

Doora-Darshana (clairvoyance), Doora-Sravana (clairaudience), Manojaya (control of the mind), Kamarupa, Parakaya Pravesha, Iccha-Mrityu are the minor Siddhis.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Body and Soul

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 15, 2011 at 2:00pm

This perishable body will certainly pass away. Indweller can never perish. Thou art the immortal soul. Therefore, over the inevitable thou shalt not grieve.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Dispassion

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

Reduce your wants. Cultivate dispassion. You will have progress in Yoga. Vairagya thins out the mind.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Brahman alone is real

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 22, 2011 at 2:00pm

Just as snake is superimposed on the rope, this world, and the body are superimposed on Brahman.

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. More Informations: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video, Books by Swami Sivananda

Names of the Major Siddhis

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on September 11, 2011 at 2:00pm

Anima, Mahima, Laghima, Garima, Prapti, Prakamya, Vasitvam, Ishatvam are the major eight Siddhis.

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

Kundalini

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on August 29, 2011 at 2:00pm

Kundalini is the coiled up, dormant, cosmic power that underlies all organic and inorganic matter within us. ‘Kundala’ means coiled. Her form is like a coiled serpent.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Know Thyself

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 14, 2011 at 2:00pm

This Atman is eternal, immovable, secondless, self-existent, self-centred. Therefore, knowing this to be such, thou shouldst not grieve, when your father, mother, son, wife or relative dies.

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

Niyama – personal discipline

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 13, 2011 at 2:00pm

Niyama is observance of five canons, viz., Saucha (internal and external purity), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (austerity), Svadhyaya (study of religious books and repetitions of Mantras), and Ishvarapranidhana (self-surrender to God , and His worship).

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Enter into the timeless State

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 28, 2011 at 2:00pm

This Atman is beyond time, space, causation. Time, space, causation are mental creation.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Raja Yoga, the Yoga of Mind Control and Meditation

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 17, 2011 at 2:00pm

Real Raja Yoga starts from concentration. Concentration merges in meditation. Meditation ends in Samadhi .

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

Offer everything to the Lord

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on July 30, 2011 at 2:00pm

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whatever you give, whatever austerity you do, do it as an offering unto the Lord. Your heart will be purified. You will not be bound by actions. You will soon attain the Lord.

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

Supreme Devotion

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 18, 2011 at 2:00pm

Para Bhakti and Jnana are one. Bhakti melts into wisdom in the end. Two have become one now.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Control the Senses – attain Beatitude

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on August 27, 2011 at 2:00pm

Control the senses and the mind. Burn all desires. Aspire fervently and intensely. Kill fear and anger. You will attain Liberation or the Final Beatitude.

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. More Informations: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video, Books by Swami Sivananda

Go beyond Ignorance

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 21, 2011 at 2:00pm

Ignorance is the cause for pain and sorrow. Annihilate this ignorance through Brahma Jnana. All miseries will come to an end.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Yama – the ethical teachings

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 12, 2011 at 2:00pm

Yama consists of five parts, viz., Ahimsa (non-injury), Satyam (truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya (celibacy), and Aparigraha (non-covetousness).

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

The Same Self in All Beings

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on July 28, 2011 at 2:00pm

Behold only the One Atman or the Self in all beings—in the ants, dogs, cows, horses, elephants and outcastes. This is equal vision or Sama Drishti.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

The Eternal Atman

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 13, 2011 at 2:00pm

Fire cannot burn this Atman, sword cannot pierce this Atman, bomb cannot destroy this Atman, machine-guns cannot kill this Atman.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Two kinds of Bhakti

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 16, 2011 at 2:00pm

Bhakti is of two kinds, viz., Apara Bhakti (lower type of devotion) and Para Bhakti (highest Bhakti or Supreme Love). Ringing bells and waving lights is Apara Bhakti. In Para Bhakti, there is no ritualistic worship. The devotee is absorbed in God .

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life So

Repeat your Mantra

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on March 17, 2011 at 2:00pm

Name of the Lord is a boat to cross this Samsara. It is a weapon to destroy the mind. The repetition of the Mantra again and again generates great spiritual force and momentum and intensifies the spiritual Samskaras or impressions.

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. More Informations: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video, Books by Swami Sivananda

There is only One Self

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

Behold the one Immortal Atman in all names and forms. This alone is correct perception.

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

asana (263)

The Minor Siddhis

Body and Soul

Dispassion

Brahman alone is real

Names of the Major Siddhis

Kundalini

Know Thyself

Niyama – personal discipline

Enter into the timeless State

Raja Yoga, the Yoga of Mind Control and Meditation

Offer everything to the Lord

Supreme Devotion

Control the Senses – attain Beatitude

Go beyond Ignorance

Yama – the ethical teachings

The Same Self in All Beings

The Eternal Atman

Two kinds of Bhakti

Repeat your Mantra

There is only One Self

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