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July 8, 2025

Consequences Of Anger

Consequences Of Anger by Swami Sivananda A terrible fit of anger shatters the physical nervous system. It produces a lasting...

Swami Sivananda blessing devotee beside sacred food offering

Root Out Attachment

Root Out Attachment by Swami Sivananda Atman is Brahman or absolute or infinite or supreme being. It is existence absolute,...

Swami Sivananda receiving Padma Shri national honor

Subtle Desires

Subtle Desires by Swami Sivananda The summum bonum of existence is the attainment of knowledge of the self, the realisation...

Swami Sivananda meditating in peaceful solitude

Annihilate The Ego

Annihilate The Ego by Swami Sivananda Study the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. He never made any difference between menial service...

Swami Sivananda seated during Samyama meditation outdoors

Ignorance

Ignorance by Swami Sivananda The mind is a creation of avidya! (ignorance) and it is the effect of avidya. The...

Swami Sivananda with flower garland spreading love and goodness

Difficulties Strengthen You

Difficulties Strengthen You by Swami Sivananda Difficulties come to test you and thereby to help you by strengthening your will,...

Sathya Sai Baba with spiritual leader picture

Brave All Trials

Brave All Trials by Swami Sivananda Trials, difficulties, troubles and sufferings are necessary for your purification and to strengthen your...

Swami Sivananda meditating peacefully beside a sacred river

Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom by Swami Sivananda One’s individual ego, preconceived notions, pet ideas prejudices and selfish interests should be given...

Swami Sivananda blessing devotees with raised hand

The Glimpse and The Goal

The Glimpse and The Goal by Swami Sivananda When you get a flash of illumination, do not be frightened. It...

Swami Sivananda wearing garland symbolizing self-surrender

Supreme Peace Is Your Goal

Supreme Peace Is Your Goal by Swami Sivananda Every man in the world is restless and is striving after something....

Swami Sivananda with devotees during satsang image

Strive

Strive by Swami Sivananda Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose of human birth. The perfection of the...

Swami Sivananda with disciple in peaceful pose image

Depression and Devotion

Depression and Devotion by Swami Sivananda Every aspirant in the spiritual path becomes a victim to the mood of depression...

Swami Sivananda with fellow monks photograph image

Persevere in Sadhana

Persevere in Sadhana by Swami Sivananda Let the sadhana (spiritual practice) always be regular, continuous, unbroken and earnest. Not only...

Soul Power

Soul Power by Swami Sivananda O man! Do not be discouraged when sorrows, difficulties and tribulations manifest in the daily...

Swami Sivananda guiding devotees during outdoor meditation session

Body Is Not I

Body Is Not I by Swami Sivananda This is a world of diversity. Intellects are different; faces are different; sounds...

Swami Sivananda with disciples beside a riverside

World Is the Body Of God

World Is the Body Of God by Swami Sivananda The universe is a mirror in which is reflected the being...

Swami Sivananda with disciples beside river discussing spiritual psychology together

Learn from Sleep

Learn from Sleep by Swami Sivananda Study the condition of deep sleep, where there is neither the play of the...

How Impressions are Formed

How Impressions are Formed by Swami Sivananda An experience in the sense plane sinks into the depths of the subconscious...

Devotees gathered around Sri Swami Sivananda during a spiritual discourse and devotional gathering

Be Firm in Wisdom

Be Firm in Wisdom by Swami Sivananda Viveka (wisdom) gives inner strength and mental peace. A viveki (wise one) gets...

Swami Sivananda seated in peaceful meditation outdoors

Rise Above the Two Moods

Rise Above the Two Moods by Swami Sivananda In vedanta there are only two kinds of moods – joy, exultation...

Swami Sivananda blessing Swami Sivananda Radha outdoors

Your Real Nature

Your Real Nature by Swami Sivananda Do you know who you are? I shall tell you. Hear me. You are...

Am I The I?

Am I The I? by Swami Sivananda You say, “This is my body” this indicates that you are different from...

Swami Sivananda inspiring meditation and mind control

Treacherous Mind

Treacherous Mind by Swami Sivananda Mind is very treacherous. It will hurl you down into the abyss of ignorance. It...

Gurudev teaching devoted disciples beside peaceful riverside

How to Cultivate Right Thinking

How to Cultivate Right Thinking by Swami Sivananda Every thought has an image, form, dimension, weight, shape, colour, etc. Thought...

Swami Sivananda giving Vedantic sadhana guidance

Change Your Habits

Change Your Habits by Swami Sivananda Mind is a bundle of habits. Bad habits and prejudices, hidden in one’s nature,...

Swami Sivananda wearing beautiful flower garlands

Training of the Mind

Training of the Mind by Swami Sivananda If a pebble in our shoe torments us, we expel it. Once the...

Swami Sivananda teaching Maya and Avidya

Discipline of the Mind

Discipline of the Mind by Swami Sivananda You must have a pure mind if you want to realise the self....

Swami Sivananda playing veena with joyful devotion

Perfection

Perfection by Swami Sivananda The essential qualification for a sadhu (man of renunciation) is that he should adapt himself to...

Sri Swami Sivananda meditating peacefully beside a river in serene surroundings

Self-Realisation

Self-Realisation by Swami Sivananda There is no other duty for man except meditation on the self. Dismissing all else, one...

Swami Sivananda teaching disciples during outdoor spiritual study session

Persevere in Sadhana

Persevere in Sadhana by Swami Sivananda Let the sadhana (spiritual practice) always be regular, continuous, unbroken and earnest. Not only...

Sri Swami Sivananda with fellow monks and disciples near a peaceful lakeside

What is Satyam?

What is Satyam? by Swami Sivananda God is truth. He can be realised only by speaking truth and observing truth...

Swami Sivananda holding sacred spiritual books

Resources

Resources In this section, you will find articles that are grouped on taking and transcending the first steps in your...

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