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Avidya And Ahankara

Avidya And Ahankara by Swami Sivananda Avidya The mind itself is a creation of Avidya (ignorance). It is a Karya...

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Sin is a Mistake Only

Sin is a Mistake Only The ignorant man only says: “I am a great sinner.” This is a serious mistake....

Swami Sivananda teaching importance of satsang and wisdom

Reincarnation is quite True

Reincarnation is quite True Man can hardly attain perfection in one life. He has to develop his heart, intellect and...

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Afflictions of the Mind

Afflictions of the Mind by Swami Sivananda 1. What Are the Afflictions The afflictions are ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred and...

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Doctrine of Reincarnation

Doctrine of Reincarnation The doctrine of reincarnation is accepted by the majority of mankind of the present day. It has...

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True Evolution

True Evolution What then is true evolution? It is, as once before stated, the progress of the thinker in man...

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Who Evolves

Who Evolves Further, what is the cause of growth or evolution? Why should an entity which was sometime ago in...

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Modifications of Mind

Modifications of Mind by Swami Sivananda 1. Modifications of Mind The mental modifications are five kinds, (some) painful and (others)...

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The Three Avasthas

The Three Avasthas by Swami Sivananda Mind has got three Avasthas, viz., Jagrat (waking state), Svapna (dreaming state) and Sushupti...

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Karma

Karma Sri R. Krishnaswami Aiyer, M.A., B.L., writes about Karma in the Hindu Mind dated October, 1935: a. Karmas Classified...

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Mind And Food

Mind And Food by Swami Sivananda “Aharasuddhau SattvasuddhihSattvasuddhau Dhruva SmritihSmritilabhe Sarvagrantheenam Vipramokshah.” “When the food is pure, the whole nature...

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Mind, Prana And Kundalini

Mind, Prana And Kundalini by Swami Sivananda Prana-the Outer Coat Of Mind There are two principal Tattvas in the universe,...

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The Root of All Evils

The Root of All Evils by Swami Sivananda The erroneous imagination that you are the body is the root of...

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Mind is Not Atman

Mind is Not Atman by Swami Sivananda In the West, the psychologists make a serious mistake in saying that consciousness...

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Free Will versus Fatalism

Free Will versus Fatalism The controversy between free will and fatalism is still going on in the West and no...

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The Dynamics of the Mind

The Dynamics of the Mind by Swami Sivananda I. PURE AND IMPURE MIND Suddha Manas or pure mind leads to...

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The Many Phases of the Mind

The Many Phases of the Mind by Swami Sivananda I. FOURFOLD ANTAHKARANA When the mind does Sankalpa-vikalpa, it is called...

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Free Will

Free Will How far a man is a free agent of his actions must be intelligently understood in the light...

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What is the Mind?

What is the Mind? by Swami Sivananda “He who knows the receptacle (Ayatana) verily becomes the receptacle of his people....

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Mind-Conquest by Pranayama

Mind-Conquest by Pranayama by Swami Sivananda To bring about control of mind, two things are essential, viz., Prana-nirodha (control of...

Swami Sivananda inspiring aspirants through mindful thought control

Instructions to Aspirants

Instructions to Aspirants Pride, self-sufficiency, arrogance, irritability, self-assertive Rajasic nature, curiosity about the affairs of other people and hypocrisy are...

Swami Sivananda sharing inspiring message on pure character

Pranayama

Pranayama by Swami Sivananda 1. What is Pranayama That (Asanajaya) being acquired, follows Pranayama or the control of breath –...

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Asana

Asana 1. What Is Asana Asana is steady, comfortable posture. NOTES Patanjali Maharshi does not lay much stress on either...

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Mithyachara

Mithyachara Mere physical control of the organs of action (Karma Indriyas such as speech, hands, feet, genitals and anus) will...

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Bhakti in Yoga

Bhakti in Yoga by Swami Sivananda 1. Who is Isvara God is a particular soul unaffected by afflictions, works, fruition...

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The Pseudo Karma Yogi

The Pseudo Karma Yogi A man puts on Khaddar clothes and dons a Khaddar cap. He will not have any...

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Niyama

Niyama by Swami Sivananda 1. What is Niyama The observances are (the practice of) internal and external purity, contentment, mortification,...

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Karma Indriyas

Karma Indriyas A description of these organs will not be out of place here. A Karma Yogi should have a...

Swami Sivananda explaining three gunas spiritual wisdom

The Three Gunas

The Three Gunas A clear understanding of the three Gunas and their operations is very necessary for a Karma Yogi....

Ahamkara

Duties of Man

Duties of Man Man has certain important duties and responsibilities in life. He has to evolve morally and spiritually by...

Swami Sivananda teaching Sadhana and Svadharma

What is Svadharma?

What is Svadharma? There is no proper equivalent in English for the Sanskrit term ‘Dharma’. It is generally rendered as...

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Yama

Yama by Swami Sivananda 1. Eight Accessories of Yoga Restraint, religious observances, posture, control of breath, abstraction of Indriyas, concentration,...

Swami Sivananda explaining Raja Yoga objectives

Object of Raja Yoga

Object of Raja Yoga by Swami Sivananda Then, the seer rests in his own nature. Notes Although the mind is...

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Law of Resistance

Law of Resistance If you eat a mango, if you do any kind of work, it produces an impression in...

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What is yoga?

What is yoga? by Swami Sivananda Yoga is the suppression of the modifications of the mind-stuff. NOTES The term ‘Yoga’...

Swami Sivananda encourages truthful righteous living

Law of Retribution

Law of Retribution Every wrong action or crime brings its own punishment, in accordance with the law of retribution. The...

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Law of Causation

Law of Causation All the phenomena of Nature are governed by one important law, the universal law of causation, which...

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Moksha or Release

Moksha or Release by Swami Sivananda The release from Samsara means, according to Sankara, the absolute merging of the individual...

Swami Sivananda explains wisdom and devotion

Law of Karma

Law of Karma Every man should have a comprehensive understanding of Nature’s laws, and their operations. Then he can pull...

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Secret of Karma Yoga

Secret of Karma Yoga Attachment is the first child of Maya. This whole Lila of the Lord is kept up...

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Vedanta and the Masses

Vedanta and the Masses by Swami Sivananda Vedanta is the highest rung in the spiritual ladder of the Hindu philosophy....

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Health and Yoga

Health and Yoga What is health? It is a state of equilibrium of the three humours of the body, viz.,...

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Vedantic Stories

Vedantic Stories by Swami Sivananda Prince or Fisherman? A prince is sailing in a ship. He is the royal heir...

Swami Sivananda meditating beside Ganges in Himalayas

No Loss in Karma Yoga

No Loss in Karma Yoga You do not lose anything in Karma Yoga. Even if you do a little service...

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Anubandha Chatusthaya

Anubandha Chatusthaya by Swami Sivananda THE INDISPENSABLE requisites of a work worth studying are four in number and are collectively...

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Philosophy of the Two Birds

Philosophy of the Two Birds by Swami Sivananda TWO birds, inseparable companions, dwell in one and the same tree. One...

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Work without any Motive

Work without any Motive Man generally plans to get the fruits of his works before he starts any kind of...

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Message of Amrita

Message of Amrita by Swami Sivananda HEY AMRITA PUTRA! Are you always peaceful? Are you noble? Do you possess self-restraint?...

Secret of Karma Yoga, What is this Ego?

Poised Reason

Poised Reason Actions which are of a binding nature lose that nature when you do them with equanimity or evenness...

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Become a Jivanmukta

Become a Jivanmukta Not through matted locks, not through fiery lectures and erudition, not through the exhibition of miracles does...

Swami Sivananda gazing peacefully beside sacred river

Yoga of Equanimity

Yoga of Equanimity Worldly people are generally elated by success and depressed by failure. Elation and depression are the attributes...

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Jivanmukti and Videhamukti

Jivanmukti and Videhamukti by Swami Sivananda Jivanmukti is that state in which the sage gets established in Satchidananda Brahman. He...

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Who is a Jivanmukta

Who is a Jivanmukta by Swami Sivananda I A JIVANMUKTA is a liberated sage. He is released even while living. He...

The Individual Nature

The Individual Nature

The Individual Nature by Swami Sivananda The location of the individual in the c of things makes it inadequate in...

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Equal Vision

Equal Vision by Swami Sivananda The state of equal vision is much misunderstood. Equal vision is with reference to the...

Preliminary Sadhana

Preliminary Sadhana

Preliminary Sadhana by Swami Sivananda Try to know the ways and habits of this Ahamkara. It thirsts for self-aggrandisement or...

Secret of Karma Yoga, What is this Ego?

What is this Ego?

What is this Ego? by Swami Sivananda Ego or Egoism or Egotism or Ahamkara in Sanskrit is the self-asserting principle...

Ahamkara

Ahamkara

Ahamkara by Swami Sivananda AHAMKARA or egoism is the self-arrogating principle in man. It is a Vritti or modification that...

Real Education, Atma-Svarajya

Real Education

Real Education by Swami Sivananda EDUCATION should teach the pupils to love God and man. Education should instruct the students...

Practical Religion

Practical Religion

Practical Religion by Swami Sivananda THE idea of death has ever been the strongest motive-power of religion and religious life....

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World is Unreal-II

World is Unreal-II by Swami Sivananda Four kinds of objects are seen in this unive 1. Objects which have names only.2. Objects...

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World is an Illusion

World is an Illusion I THIS world is a play of colours and sounds. This sense-universe is a play of...

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Adhyaropa or Superimposition

Adhyaropa or Superimposition by Swami Sivananda Adhyaropa is superimposition! This is one of the fundamental principles of Vedanta. You cannot...

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Adhyasa or Superimposition

Adhyasa or Superimposition by Swami Sivananda MAN’S transmigration is due to the evil of superimposition and the bondage of superimposition...

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The Three Tests

The Three Tests by Swami Sivananda In order to understand an object thoroughly in this world, there are three tests...

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Creation

Creation by Swami Sivananda Salutations to the most adorable Supreme Para Brahman who is the Indweller of all beings, who...

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Vijnana Yoga

Vijnana Yoga by Swami Sivananda Knowledge of the Supreme Self is Vijnana. It is direct intuitive perception of the Self...

Swami Sivananda with two young children

Inner Government

Inner Government by Swami Sivananda Salutations to the Para Brahman who is the substratum for the Inner Government, who is...

Real Education, Atma-Svarajya

Work is Worship

Work is Worship Work is worship. Work is meditation. Serve all with intense love without any idea of agency and...

Swami Sivananda addressing devotees with compassion

Doctrine of Avidya

Doctrine of Avidya by Swami Sivananda Avidya is that portion of the primitive non-intelligent principle in which Sattva is subordinated...

Swami Sivananda illustrating the doctrine of Maya

Doctrine of Maya

Doctrine of Maya by Swami Sivananda You must try to understand the right significance of Maya which is the chief...

Swami Sivananda teaching Maya and Avidya

Maya and Avidya

Maya and Avidya by Swami Sivananda The reflection of intelligence is Maya which has no beginning, which is indescribable, which...

Swami Sivananda explaining theory of creation

The Theory of Creation

The Theory of Creation by Swami Sivananda SOME hold that the universe was created out of nothing by a feat...

Swami Sivananda giving Vedantic sadhana guidance

Hints on Vedantic Sadhana

Hints on Vedantic Sadhana By Swami Sivananda The Nature of Truth or Brahman 1. Truth is simple, it is made to...

Swami Sivananda meditating during search for truth

The Search for Truth

The Search for Truth by Swami Krishnananda The world we live in is mostly utilitarian, for, to it, utility has...

Swami Sivananda meditating beneath sacred trees

Right and Wrong Action

Right and Wrong Action Have right thinking. Use your reason and commonsense. Follow the injunctions of the Sastras. Consult the...

Swami Sivananda inspires seekers through divine experiences

Get Experiences

Get Experiences by Swami Sivananda Of course much depends upon the practice. You know that practice makes the man perfect....

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Purity

Purity by Swami Krishnananda Purity is achieved by freedom from desire, and desire should be distinguished from necessity. When one...

Swami Sivananda gazing peacefully beside sacred river

Philosophy of Sleep

Philosophy of Sleep Salutations to Satchidananda Brahman who is the silent witness of the three states, viz., waking, dream and...

Swami Sivananda teaches controlling the restless mind

Control the Mind

Control the Mind by Swami Sivananda If you take pure food, you will have a pure mind. Mind is formed...

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Philosophy of Desire

Philosophy of Desire Desire is an impulse (conative) towards an object. It is kept alive by imagination of the object...

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