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Pseudo-Vedantic Student

Pseudo-Vedantic Student by Swami Sivananda A young aspirant says: I have taste for Vedanta only. I do not like either...

Swami Sivananda inspiring positive health affirmations daily

Remove the obstacles

Remove the obstacles by Swami Sivananda If you strain yourself in meditation and go beyond your capacity, laziness and inactive...

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Philosophy of the Mind

Philosophy of the Mind Bhoomirapo analo vayuh kham mano buddhirevacha, Ahamkara itiyam me bhinna prakritirashtadha. According to Sankhya cosmology, mind...

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Vedanta in Daily Life

Vedanta in Daily Life The Upanishads form the basis of Vedanta. Vedanta is the basic culture of India. It is...

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Tat Tvam Asi Mahavakya

Tat Tvam Asi Mahavakya by Swami Sivananda The sage Uddalaka gave instructions to his son Svetaketu on the significance of...

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Practical Aspect of Philosophy

Practical Aspect of Philosophy by Swami Sivananda Proper understanding of Vedanta and its principles, and practice of Vedanta in daily...

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Jnana Yoga Resources

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

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Tat Tvam Asi

Tat Tvam Asi by Swami Sivananda The central truth of the Upanishads, the essence of the Vedanta, the goal of...

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Vedanta Questions and Answers

Vedanta Questions and Answers 1. WHAT IS ANUBANDHA-CHATUSHTAYA? This is the fourfold theme of Vedanta Philosophy. The first is the...

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Philosophy of Proverbs

Philosophy of Proverbs Very often we run after the shadow, discarding the substance in the background. In the spiritual sense,...

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Mahavakyas

Mahavakyas by Swami Sivananda THAT TVAM ASI – (That Thou Art) Introduction ‘THAT THOU ART! – ‘Thus the Sruti emphatically...

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Sivananda Vidya

Sivananda Vidya by Swami Sivananda Khanda I Nature of Brahman Om! Brahman or Siva or the Impersonal Abso�lute is the...

Law of Resistance

Sri Rama Gita

Sri Rama Gita Once when Lord Rama was alone and at ease, Lakshmana approached Him in all humility and reverence...

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Siva-Vidya

Siva-Vidya by Swami Sivananda Khanda I Nature of Brahman Om! Brahman or Siva or the Impersonal Absolute is the Source...

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Ribhu Gita

Ribhu Gita Brahma had a son by name Ribhu. Ribhu, by his very nature, possessed a sound knowledge of Brahman....

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Illustrations in Vedanta

Illustrations in Vedanta (Nyayas) The Vedanta Philosophy is best taught through practical illustrations of daily life, because its abstract truths...

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What is Karma?

What is Karma? Karma means work or action. According to Rishi Jaimini, rituals like Agnihotra, Yajnas, etc., are termed Karmas....

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Glory of Pranava

Glory of Pranava by Swami Sivananda Within the Twinkling of an Eye! Within the twinkling of an eye, you can...

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Practise Meditation

Practise Meditation by Swami Sivananda A neophyte should remember again and again some important Vedantic texts daily. Then only his doubts...

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Vedantic Meditation

Vedantic Meditation by Swami Sivananda Section I Withdrawal From Multiplicity Self-restraint is the opposite of self-expression. The latter tends towards...

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Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga Introduction Karma, Bhakti, Yoga and Jnana do no mutually exclude each other. Karma Yoga leads to Bhakti Yoga...

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Shad Lingas

Shad Lingas by Swami Sivananda THE UPANISHADS are the sole authority regarding Brahman. You will have to take the help...

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The Pancha Koshas

The Pancha Koshas by Swami Sivananda I BOW to that Supreme Brahman from whom these five Koshas have sprung, by whom...

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Bases of Vedanta

Bases of Vedanta by Swami Sivananda Introduction The purpose of life is the realisation of one�s own essential nature. It...

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Categories in Vedanta

Categories in Vedanta by Swami Sivananda Introdution The Prakriyas or the different categories in the philosophy of Vedanta are the...

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Essence of Vairagya

Essence of Vairagya by Swami Sivananda Introduction Vairagya is the opposite of Raga (attachment). Vairagya is dispassion. Vairagya is detachment....

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Vairagya

Vairagya by Swami Sivananda Why do you laugh in vain, friend! when you have just the cause really to weep?...

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What is True Vairagya?

What is True Vairagya? by Swami Sivananda UNNECESSARY torture of the body in the name of Tapas is highly depreciable....

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Upanishads on Food

Upanishads on Food by Swami Sivananda Food As Matter: Its Philosophy The Upanishads mean by ‘food’ that which is experienced...

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Upanishadic Sadhana

Upanishadic Sadhana by Swami Sivananda The Upanishads constitute the central basis of Hindu Religion and Philosophy. They are the Vedanta...

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Jnana Yoga Sadhana

Jnana Yoga Sadhana by Swami Sivananda This is otherwise known by the name Nirguna Dhyana, meditation on Om, Pranava Upasana...

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Fourfold Sadhana

Fourfold Sadhana by Swami Sivananda FOURFOLD Sadhana of the student in the path of Jnana Yoga consists of Viveka, Vairagya,...

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Vedantic Sadhana

Vedantic Sadhana by Swami Sivananda O FRIEND! Why dost thou weep? Thou hast neither birth nor old age nor death....

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Siva-Jnanamrita Upanishad

Siva-Jnanamrita Upanishad by Swami Sivananda Om! O gods! may we, with our ears, hear what is auspicious! O ye, fit...

Swami Sivananda sitting with hands in namaste.

Vidyas from the Upanishads

Vidyas from the Upanishads by Swami Sivananda 1. Sat-Vidya This Vidya occurs in the Chhandogyopanishad, VI. 2. 1 & 2,...

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Upanishadic Vidyas

Upanishadic Vidyas by Swami Sivananda The Vidyas or mystic meditations on Brahman are described in the Upanishads, mainly the Chhan...

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Wisdom of the Upanishads

Wisdom of the Upanishads by Swami Sivananda IGNORANT people identify themselves with the body, mind, Prana and the senses on...

Swami Sivananda teachings on courage through suffering

Sivananda Ashram

Sivananda Ashram Spiritual organisations with high aims and objects should be started only by Mahatmas who are absolutely free, perfect...

Swami Sivananda enjoying meal at Sivananda Ashram

Western Philosophy and Vedanta

Western Philosophy and Vedanta by Swami Sivananda EASTERN philosophy begins where Western philosophy ends. Western philosophy is not perfect as...

Swami Sivananda meditating beside Ganges in Himalayas

Vedanta and Sannyasins

Vedanta and Sannyasins by Swami Sivananda IT IS only the ignorant and faithless, who are followers of the philosophy of...

Swami Sivananda blessing Swami Sivananda Radha outdoors

TURIYA or the Fourth State

TURIYA or the Fourth State by Swami Sivananda TURIYA or the fourth state is that state in which the individual...

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Atman is Sat-Chit-Ananda

Atman is Sat-Chit-Ananda by Swami Sivananda Atman is Sat Atman is Sat. That which exists in the past, present and...

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In The Master’s Own Words

In The Master’s Own Words Taken From The Autobiography of Swami Sivananda) SIVA’S EXPERIENCE I have seen God in my...

Swami Sivananda teaching Yoga of Synthesis principles

Yoga of Synthesis

Yoga of Synthesis Yoga of Synthesis is suitable for the vast majority of persons. It is a unique Yoga. Man...

Secret of Karma Yoga, What is this Ego?

Moksha Gita

Moksha Gita Fear not, my child. In reality there is no death for thee. There is a means for crossing...

Swami Sivananda adorned with sacred flower garlands

Three Ways of Definition

Three Ways of Definition by Swami Sivananda A thing can be defined in three ways: By distinguishing it from others...

Swami Sivananda walking with disciples beside sacred river

Atman, Anvaya and Vyatireka

Atman – Anvaya and Vyatireka by Swami Sivananda Atman Sankara’s individual soul is Brahman in so far as it is...

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Atma-Svarajya

Atma-Svarajya by Swami Sivananda The Infinite is Bliss. The infinite is Brahman or Atman or the Supreme Self. The Infinite...

Swami Sivananda teaching selfless service and compassion

Towards Perfection

Towards Perfection STRIVE Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose of human birth. The perfection of the realisation...

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Garland of Vedanta

Garland of Vedanta by Swami Sivananda A VEDANTIN says, ‘Nothing is mine and everything is mine’. As the world is...

Young Swami Sivananda meditating with staff

Vedantic Culture

Vedantic Culture by Swami Sivananda THE Being who is described in the Upanishads is Brahman or Atman or the Self...

Smiling Swami Sivananda sharing spiritual wisdom

Essential Jnana

Essential Jnana PHILOSOPHY OF OM The sound produced in the flowing of the river Ganges, the sound that is heard...

Swami Sivananda sharing disciplined spiritual life guidance

Sivananda Gita

Sivananda Gita (Written by Swami Sivananda in 1946) I was born of P.S. Vengu Aiyar and Parvathiammal on 8th September...

Swami Sivananda inspiring selfless service through compassion

Secret of Raja Yoga

Secret of Raja Yoga ORDER IN YAMA AND NIYAMA There is a deliberate order in the five parts or limbs...

Swami Sivananda inspiring selfless service through compassion

Yogasara Upanishad

Yogasara Upanishad MANTRA – 1 NOW YOGA IS EXPLAINED NOTES AND COMMENTARY Yoga is the state wherein there is no...

Swami Sivananda teaching sincere selfless spiritual living

Transcending The Mind

Transcending The Mind by Swami Sivananda I solemnly affirm that the disease of birth and death can be removed only...

Swami Sivananda teaching serene Karma Yoga principles

Secret of Karma Yoga

Secret of Karma Yoga RACTISE KARMA YOGA The practice of Karma Yoga does not demand that you possess enormous wealth....

Swami Sivananda inspiring disciplined spiritual meditation practice

Understanding Karma

Understanding Karma UNDERSTAND NATURE Every man should have a comprehensive understanding of nature’s laws, and their operations. Then he can...

Swami Sivananda conquering pessimism through spiritual wisdom

The Science of Yoga

The Science of Yoga THE SUPREME GIFT Yoga is the supreme gift of India to the world at large. Yoga...

Swami Sivananda delivering inspiring spiritual discourse indoors

Epistle of Sivananda

Epistle of Sivananda What is divine life? To shed the animal in man and to sublimate the human in him...

Swami Sivananda seated peacefully on wooden chair

Spirit of Accomodation

Spirit of Accomodation When one of my students had left the Ashram for some reason, I at once felt that...

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Is Guru Indenspensible

Is Guru Indenspensible Aspirants need not be afraid of pitfalls and snares in the spiritual path. The whole spiritual world...

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Wisdom in Humor

Wisdom in Humor The following excerpts from my letters to an aspirant clearly portray my temperament which is at once...

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Spiritual Experiences

Spiritual Experiences 1. DAWN OF NEW LIFE I was tired of this illusory life of sense-pleasuresI became quite disgusted with...

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The Ideal of Life

The Ideal of Life The aim of philosophy is right living. The meaning of right living depends on how it...

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Jnana Yajna

Jnana Yajna When I study scriptures, I mark the important portions. I constantly think over the points and reflect. I...

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Fitness for Wisdom

Fitness for Wisdom By Swami Sivananda One who is fit for receiving Wisdom of the Self shall receive it ‘in...

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Gist of Wisdom

Gist of Wisdom by Swami Sivananda It is in the nature of man to strive for happiness but all the...

Swami Sivananda wearing garland beside peaceful river

The Yoga of Wisdom

The Yoga of Wisdom by Swami Sivananda The body is composed of the five elements and is unintelligent. It is...

Swami Sivananda celebrating Makar Sankranti with disciple

Fourth Stage

Fourth Stage Young aspirants, because of old habit, used to sleep in the winter cold till sunrise or till 6...

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Third Stage

Third Stage Systematically to carry on the Divine Mission on a large scale, I established the DIVINE LIFE TRUST SOCIETY...

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Second Stage

Second Stage Planning and scheming were not in my nature. I depend on the grace of the Lord. I had...

Swami Sivananda meditating by a moonlit river.

First Stage

First Stage I always loved silent Sadhana in seclusion. During the day for a short period I would write some...

Swami Sivananda seated peacefully beside sacred river in Rishikesh

Sivananda Yoga, Talk-THREE

Sivananda Yoga, Talk THREE We have been considering the principal aspects of sadhana as expounded by Gurudev and illustrated in...

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Sivananda Yoga, Talk-TWO

Sivananda Yoga, Talk TWO Gurudev’s Integral Yoga rests on two fundamentally vital factors: one, to see God in every face,...

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Sivananda Yoga, Talk-ONE

Sivananda Yoga, Talk ONE Gurudev’s Yoga was Integral Yoga, represented by the four words “serve, love, meditate, realise”. Integral Yoga...

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