ANALECTS OF SIVANANDA

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Dear Devotees in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone....

 

Here are the analects of Swami Sivananda, which are very useful for

those sadhakas, who are pursuing the path of spirituality sincerely.

Kindly go through each point carefully and minutely so as to absorb

the purport of each sentence.

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

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ANALECTS OF SIVANANDA

 

Solitude is the soul's best friend. Silence is better than argument.

He is really blessed who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

Grief destroys strength, health, intellect and wisdom. Conquer grief

through discrimination, enquiry, and the meditation on the atman

(self).

 

Worry is a waste. Avoid it. Rather sing, pray, meditate, enquire,

cogitate and discriminate. Dive into the Bhagavad Gita. You will

become fearless. You will rise above all worries.

 

Idleness is the enemy of peace of the soul. Stop complaining. Be

thankful that there is a perfect law of health. to which everyone

has access. Obey that law and be happy. Practise asanas - especially

siddhasana, sarvangasana and sirsasana this will enable you to get

control over the vital energy. If your mind is cool and your heart

is full, then the entire world will be cool too.

 

Replace doubt, despair and hate, with faith, hope and love. Have

plenty of common-sense. Think quickly and carry out your decisions

resolutely in times of emergency. Change is painful but ever

needful. God chooses the meek and the innocent to achieve his will.

 

Many talk like philosophers and sages - but they live like fools.

Veil after veil has to be lifted. The illusions of life are to be

torn away before life divine can be attained. Life is a perpetual

struggle. It is a perpetual dying until you are face to face with

God. Man is verily the sacrifice. Nature is the ladder on which we

climb up to the Lord. Do not have a sad face - you will affect

others.

 

Be cheerful always. Rejoice. Radiate joy and cheer. Radiate health

and light. Let your eyes ever shine with the light of supreme love.

The reality of love-tears is not in the eyes but in the heart of

love.

 

" God is Truth. God is Love. God is Peace. God is Bliss. God and

God's law are one. The Law and the Law-giver are one. God is the law

himself, he never breaks his laws. God and his law abide everywhere

and govern everything. Glory to God. Glory to God. "

Gopi Krishna <gopi