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TEACHINGS "Divine Life is a synthesis of service, devotion and knowledge." Swami Sivananda _____________
"There may be ups and downs, storms and stresses, smiles and tears, as you go on living your life amidst its many vicissitudes, trials and tribulations. Do not lose faith but press on with a firm conviction that God wants to mould you in His own image through sufferings and tribulations." Swami Sivananda _____________
"Work done for the individual good binds; work done for the common good releases your soul." Swami Sivananda _____________
"Yoga science has two aspects: physical and spiritual. To a Yogi, health means absence of disease and of old age, for old age and death are the inevitable results of disease. Yoga aims to remove the root cause of all diseases, not to treat its symptoms as medical science generally attempts to do." Swami Vishnu-devananda, Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, 1959 _____________
"The aim of spiritual life is not merely to know about God but to become God." Swami Sivananda _____________
"Check the outgoing tendencies of the mind and direct them inward." Swami Sivananda _____________
"The expression of the spirit increases in proportion to the development of the body or mind in which it is encased. Therefore Yoga prescribes methods to train and develop the physical body and mind. The highly trained body must first of all be strong and healthy. The goal of all Yogic teaching is how to concentrate the mind, how to discover its hidden facets, and how to awaken the inner spiritual faculties. .... By learning to control the body we can easily train the mind. " Swami Vishnu-devananda, the Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, 1959 _____________
"For the vedantin the whole universe is made up of one infinite ocean of love. This infinite love manifested in the material world is the finite human love. When in the material world this infinite love is broken down and limited to anything less than the entire world, say to family, friends, and even neighbors, but not to every single creature and object as an extension of oneself, then it is known as finite or human love. Finite love is always associated with its opposite, hatred. In the infinite love of a God-realized soul, there is no hatred. .... Realization of this love and oneness with God is superconsciousness." Swami Vishnu-devananda, The complete Illustrated Book of Yoga", 1959 |
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