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Difficulties Strengthen Your Sadhana

Muster up your courage. Continue, whatever challenges arise. - Swami Sivananda Difficulties come to test you and thereby to help you by strengthening your Will,...

The Discipline of the Mind

Peace. Unless the mind is free and it casts away all desires, cravings, worries, delusion, pride, lust, attachment, likes and dislikes, it cannot enter...

The Four Stages of Culture Life

In Indian culture there is the concept of the four stages of life: The Preliminary; The Development; The Blossoming; The Culmination. The satisfactory growth of the...

Marks of Spiritual Progress

The student of Jnana Yoga destroys all thoughts of objects. He annihilates darkness through his discrimination. Then a radiant light appears before him. He experiences...

Ten Minute Daily Sadhana on Twelve Virtues

Without great patience and perseverance, the spiritual quest becomes an uphill task. No half-measures will do on the spiritual path. - Swami Sivananda Meditate on...

The Love Is Complete

Without devotion, without God’s grace, all our efforts are meaningless. We cannot reach the top. No matter how much we strive, maya will overpower...

Shedding Regret and Worry

Strengthen yourself with vigour and virtues. Brooding over your past mistakes and failures will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Regret and...

Beneficial Foods for the Yogi

A yogi must have purity of mind, a real thirst for experiential knowledge and perseverance. - Swami Sivananda Beneficial Foods for the Yogi Barley, wheat, ghee,...

Purify

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize - Swami Sivananda Purify. Spirituality means growing into the form of Divine Ideal. It is the transformation of your...