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"I have done much good through my sacrifice, gifts and other charitable acts and shall therefore go to heaven." This is a false notion. A soul enjoys celestial happiness in heaven only for s
Life is dearer than the senses. If the king orders the death of a criminal, the latter prefers to have one of his senses removed rather than give up his life. The Atman i
The five sheaths are creations of the mind on account of ignorance. They cannot be the pure, self-existent, sell-luminous Atman. The Srutis declare that the eternal Atman is bodiless. Tile changes that occur in the five sheaths do not affect their seer and proprietor, the Atman.
From "Daily Sayings" by S
I've been nearly completely inactive in my social networks since mid-July or so. Not that I wouldn't have liked to participate, but I have been engrossed in the redaction of the above essay.
When I tackled the project, I thought it would take a few weeks at most, and that I would be able to maintain my regular pace in other activities. However, I soon realized that the endeavour required great amounts of attention, and that the most efficient way of discharging the task was to dedica
The foolish man identifies himself with a mass of flesh, fat, skin, bones and
filth, while the man of discrimination knows that his higher Self is distinct
from his perishable body. The stupid man thinks that he is the body.
The learned pundit, who has read some religious books, identifies himself with a
mixture of body and soul, while the liberated sage regards the eternal,
unchanging Atman as his Self. So long as the pundit does not abandon his
erroneous identification with this unreal, perishable
The marvelous inner government has Satyam (truth) as its banner, Dharma (righteousness) as its seal, Omkara as its band, discrimination as its coat of arms, and dispassion as its shield. It has one policy – that of helping aspirants to attain Self-realization. The head of the inner government is Brahman or the Supreme Self.
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The soul now sees only oneness everywhere. It is struck with wonder when it thinks of the world of duality. The world of diversity appears to it like a mere dream and it exclaims in surprise: "Where has this world full of the charms of Maya disappeared
Even so, the Lord is all-pervading and full inside and outside all beings; and yet He remains ever non-attached. He guides the actions of all beings but He is not the actor.
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How can there be fear for one who sees only his own Self in every being and in everything? So Brahman alone is the cause of the fearlessness of the knower. Although there are various causes of fear in this world, the knowers of the Self are fearless.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami S
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
That director is the real infinite "I," the inner ruler. He is the immortal and pure Consciousness. The capability of the ears to hear sounds and of the eyes to cognize objects is due to the intelligence of this director.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divi
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad you will find: "As a mass of salt has neither inside nor outside, but is entirely a mass of taste, thus indeed has that Self neither inside nor outside, but is altogether a mass of knowledge." The enlightened sage sees one illimit¬able, homogeneous mass of Consciousness only.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informat
Brahman is the real, unconditioned Existence. It is the Reality of realities. We are baffled in our attempts to describe It. How can this finite mind grasp the Infinite?
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda
That Atman is without cause and effect, without anything inside or outside It. It is without limbs, without parts, without name or caste. It shines by itself as It is self-luminous. All the objects that you cognize, shine after it, that is, they borrow their light from tile self-effulgent Atman.
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Kill the thieves of lust and anger. Abandon the ideas: '" am the doer, I am the enjoyer." Be fully established in the idea of the unreality of the world.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963).
Man is bound by his false and incorrect thinking. O man, think correctly and rightly. Give up all your erroneous notions. Think that you are Brahman or the Absolute and become eternally free and happy.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-
Lust, greed, delusion and pride do not exist out¬side but are in the mind. They do not really exist. It is the mind that assumes these modifications. Through these modifications man derives immense pleasure and pain. The mind imagines and thinks: "This is a beautiful object outside. Will I be able to possess it?" A desire arises in the mind and the heart burns with longing.
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An object gives pleasure to a man. The same object gives pain to another. Therefore, pleasure and pain are mental creations.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami
The snake that is seen in the rope at night does not exist when a lamp is brought. It appears in the middle only. Such is the case with silver in the mother-of-pearl, water in the mirage, and city in the clouds. Therefore, they are unreal even though they appear. The dream objects also do not exist in the daytime. Similarly, the objects of this world appear only in the midd
