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Pratyahara

Pratyahara by Swami Sivananda 1. What Is Pratyahara Pratyahara or abstraction is that by which the senses do not associate...

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Fruits of Self-Control

Fruits of Self-Control By Swami Sivananda By Swami Sivananda I. MIND-CONTROL BY SELF-CONTROL Self-control is indispensable for the living of...

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Method of Self-Analysis

Method of Self-Analysis By Swami Sivananda Daily self-analysis or self-examination is indispensable. Then alone can you remove your defects and...

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Six Classifications of Bhakti

Six Classifications of Bhakti by Swami sivanandaThere are the following six classifications in Bhakti: Apara (lower) and Para (higher) Bhakti....

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Guiding Lights for Self-Conquest

Guiding Lights for Self-Conquest by Swami Sivananda GUIDING LIGHTS FOR SELF-CONQUEST by Swami Sivananda Mind cannot by itself illumine the...

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Absoloute Subdual of the Mind

Absoloute Subdual of the Mind By Swami Sivananda Mind, through ignorance and indiscrimination, considers its false personality to be true...

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Guide to Mind Control

Guide to Mind Control By Swami Sivananda “Manojaya eva mahajayah-Conquest of mind is the greatest victory.” “Man jita, jag jita–If...

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Suddha and Asuddha Manas

Suddha and Asuddha Manas By Swami Sivananda Through the discriminating mind, the lower mind is powerfully mastered by the wise....

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Yoga of Surrender-TWO

Yoga of Surrender-TWO by Swami Sivananda Give up egoism and throw your whole burden of anxieties on the Lord. Do...

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Methods of Mind-Conquest

Methods of Mind-Conquest By Swami Sivananda Mind-conquest by the Four Traditional Methods A digest of Sivananda’s description of the four traditional...

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Yoga of Surrender-ONE

Yoga of Surrender-ONE by Swami Sivananda 1. Self-surrender is a direct, valid mode of God-realisation. 2. Self-surrender is the easier...

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Control of the Mind

Control of the Mind by Swami Sivananda 1. Control by Abhyasa and Vairagya Their (the mental modifications) control is done...

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Ten Bhakti Commandments

Ten Bhakti Commandments by Swami Sivananda Develop devotion through Japa, Kirtan, Sattvic food, worship (Puja), etc. Yearn for God-vision. Love...

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Points on Bhakti Yoga

Points on Bhakti Yoga by Swami Sivananda BHAKTI YOGA-I Jnana (wisdom) and Vairagya (dispassion) are the two sons of Bhakti...

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Fruits of Bhakti

Fruits of Bhakti by Swami sivananda Bhakti softens the heart and removes jealousy, hatred, lust, anger, egoism, pride and arrogance....

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How I Abide in Peace Now!

How I Abide in Peace Now! First I abandoned desires, then attachment. Now I abide in supreme peace. I do...

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The Doctrine of Grace

The Doctrine of Grace by Swami Sivananda You can notice Lord’s grace in every inch of His creation. In a...

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Achievement of Peace

Achievement of Peace by Swami Sivananda You will find Mouna, solitude and non-mixing as great helpers in the achievement of...

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Mouna and Introspection

Mouna and Introspection By Swami Sivananda Mouna-its Practice And Benefits Miscellaneous talking is a very bad habit. It distracts the...

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Control of Indriyas

Control of Indriyas By Swami Sivananda Indriyas, A Prolongation Of The Mind Indriyas are objectified desires. Will to see is...

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Cultivation of Virtues

Cultivation of Virtues By Swami Sivananda Maitri (friendliness), Karuna (compassion), Daya (sympathy), Visva-Prema (cosmic or universal love), Kshama (forgiveness), Dhriti...

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More on Bhakti

More on Bhakti by Swami Sivananda In the Sivananda Lahari, Sri Sankaracharya explained the nature of Bhakti in the beautiful...

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Vairagya and Tyaga

Vairagya and Tyaga By Swami Sivananda What Is Vairagya? If the mind is constantly thinking of tea and if it...

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Philosophy of Bhakti

Philosophy of Bhakti by Swami Sivananda Bhakti is devotion or unselfish love. This is the literal meaning of the word....

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What is Bhakti?

What is Bhakti? by Swami Sivananda Bhakti is the slender thread of Prem or love that binds the heart of...

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The Mental Faculties

The Mental Faculties By Swami Sivananda The Power Of The Human Mind If you closely study the action of mind...

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Who is God?

Who is God? by Swami Sivananda God is Truth. God is love. God is Light of lights. He is an...

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The Psychic States

The Psychic States By Swami Sivananda Sit in silence in a solitary room and watch the various mental phenomena, mental...

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Thought Creates The World

Thought Creates The World by Sivananda Thought, The Origin Of Everything Everything in the material universe about us had its...

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Yoga of Universal Love

Yoga of Universal Love by Swami Sivananda There is no virtue higher than Love, there is no treasure higher than...

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Mysteries of Mind

Mysteries of Mind By Swami Sivananda 1. Ways of Mind Differ Though objects are similar, the ways of mind are...

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Vasanas

Vasanas by Swami Sivananda Vasanas-how They Manifest Vasana (desire in subtle form) is a wave in the mind-lake. Its seat...

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Emotion Needs Culturing

Emotion Needs Culturing by Swami Sivananda Devotion is ingrained in every being. Even an atheist is devoted to his atheism....

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Pleasure And Pain

Pleasure And Pain by Swami Sivananda Pleasure And Pain Pertain To Mind Pleasure and pain are the effects of virtue...

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Raga-Dvesha

Raga-Dvesha by Swami Sivananda Raga-dvesha-viyuktaistu vishayanindriyais-charanAtmavasyair-vidheyatma prasadam-adhigacchati “But the disciplined (lower) Self, moving among sense-objects with senses free from attraction...

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Sankalpa

Sankalpa by Swami Sivananda The Operation Of Thought There is the spiritual life in God. This is what relates us...

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Chitta And Memory

Chitta And Memory by Swami Sivananda What Is Chitta? Chitta is termed as the mind-stuff or mental substance. It is...

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Samskaras

Samskaras by Swami Sivananda What Is Samskara? Vritti (whirlpool, thought-wave) arises in the mind-ocean. It operates for sometime. Then it...

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Inspirng Stories

Inspirng Stories by Swami Sivananda 1. TIRUVALLUVAR In Mylapore, Madras, there lived about two thousand years ago a born Siddha...

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Thought-Culture

Thought-Culture by Swami Sivananda If a pebble in our boot torments us we expel it. We take off the boot...

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The Power Of Thought

The Power Of Thought By Swami Sivananda Thought Is A Living Force Thought is a vital, living force, the most...

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Theory Of Perception

Theory Of Perception by Swami Sivananda “When one thinks, then he understands; without having thought, one does not know; it...

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Evil Vrittis And Their Eradication

Evil Vrittis And Their Eradication By Swami Sivananda Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada, Matsarya, Darpa (arrogance), Dambha (hypocrisy), Asuya (a...

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Self-Surrender

Self-Surrender by Swami Sivananda “Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou sacrificest, whatever thou givest, whatever thou doest of...

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Action and Actor

Action and Actor by Swami Sivananda “Action performed as duty, without attachment, without love or hate, without desire for fruit,...

Swami Sivananda blessing Swami Sivananda Radha outdoors

Vrittis

Vrittis by Swami Sivananda Vritti – its Nature And Function Vritti means a whirl-pool. It is a wave of thought...

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The Three Doshas

The Three Doshas by Swami Sivananda Milk is agreeable to some and disagreeable to others. There is nothing wrong with...

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Action and Inaction

Action and Inaction by Swami Sivananda Lord Krishna says: “What is action, what is inaction? Even the wise are herein...

Swami Sivananda playing veena beside the Ganges

The Three Gunas

The Three Gunas by Swami Sivananda Gunas And Vrittis The mind has three Gunas, viz., Sattva (light, bliss, goodness), Rajas...

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Gunas

Gunas by Swami Sivananda 1. Time and Gunas The past and the future exist in their real nature due to...

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Prakriti does everything

Prakriti does everything by Swami Sivananda All actions are done by the qualities of nature only. He whose mind is...

Swami Sivananda reading a spiritual book

Studies in Instincts and Emotions

Studies in Instincts and Emotions by Swami Sivananda Fear accompanies the instinct of self-preservation. Man is afraid of impending danger....

Swami Sivananda blessing devotees with raised hand

More on Desires

More on Desires “Sweep out the sphere of your mind:Make a place for Loved One to sit.Dust out all thoughts...

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Understanding DESIRES

Understanding DESIRES by Swami Sivananda 1. Consecutiveness in Desires There is consecutiveness in desires even though separated by class, place...

Swami Sivananda with Gulzarilal Nanda and devotees

The Wheel of the Universe

The Wheel of the Universe by Swami Sivananda This world is action-bound except in the case of action for the...

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Gambling

Gambling by Swami Sivananda Gambling is another dreadful curse. It is a great friend of Satan or anti-God. It is...

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Meat-Eating

Meat-Eating by Swami Sivananda Meat is not at all necessary for the keeping up of health. Meat-eating is highly deleterious...

Swami Sivananda with devoted disciples

Fashion: A Terrible Curse

Fashion: A Terrible Curse by Swami Sivananda This subject is not foreign to Karma Yoga. Only he who wears simple...

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Practical Instructions

Practical Instructions by Swami Sivananda A true Brahmachari only can cultivate Bhakti. A true Brahmachari only can practise Yoga. A...

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Glory of Brahmacharya

Glory of Brahmacharya by Swami Sivananda There cannot be any language without vowels. You cannot draw a picture without a...

Swami Sivananda studying and writing spiritual teachings

Practice of Brahmacharya

Practice of Brahmacharya by Swami Sivananda As the practice of Karma Yoga is not possible without Brahmacharya, I have given...

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Sannyasins, Wake Up!

Sannyasins – Wake Up! by Swami Sivananda Mere study of Vichara-Sagara or Panchadasi cannot bring in the experience of pure,...

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Samucchaya Vaada

Samucchaya Vaada by Swami Sivananda The cause of human suffering is Avidya or ignorance. Sri Sankara holds the view that...

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Kill Desire

Kill Desire by Swami Sivananda Arjuna said: “But, dragged on by what does a man commit sin, reluctantly indeed, O...

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Meditation and Action

Meditation and Action by Swami Sivananda That man who meditates in a cave in the Himalayas finds it difficult to...

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Meditation on Om

Meditation on Om by Swami Sivananda Retire into the meditation chamber. Sit on Padma, Siddha, Svastika or Sukha Asana to...

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Naishkarmya (Actionless State)

Naishkarmya (Actionless State) by Swami Sivananda Simply sitting quiet cannot make a man actionless (Naishkarmya). He will have a thousand...

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Transcend The Dvandvas

Transcend The Dvandvas by Swami Sivananda Union with God is the goal of this human life. It is the be-all...

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Karma Nishtha

Karma Nishtha by Swami Sivananda The seer of the Isavasya Upanishad prescribes in the first Sloka the method to enter...

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Live up to Your Ideals

Live up to Your Ideals by Swami Sivananda You should have your own ideal in life and should try hard...

Swami Sivananda sharing simple living and wisdom daily

A Project of Education

A Project of Education by Swami Krishnananda The world has, first of all, to stand ‘outside there’ as an ‘object’...

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The Four Paths

The Four Paths by Swami Sivananda Union with God is the goal of this human life. It is the be-all...

Swami Sivananda teaching divine peace bliss and consciousness

Karma Yoga Resources

Karma Yoga Resources In this section Karma Yoga Resources, there will be various reference materials collected on the vast subject...

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Karma in the Jain Philosophy

Karma in the Jain Philosophy by Swami Sivananda Karma in the Jain philosophy is divided into eight classes: those which...

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Secrets of Karma

Secrets of Karma by Swami Sivananda Karma is the sum-total of works-good, bad and mixed-which an individual performs during his...

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Three Kinds of Karma

Three Kinds of Karma by Swami Sivananda 1. Sanchita Karmas are accumulated works 2. Prarabdha Karmas are ripe or fructuous...

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