Analects of Swami Sivananda

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(i) What Is Life?

(ii) Your Main Task

(iii) Secret of Happiness

(iv) Path of Joy

 

(i) What Is Life?

 

1. What is the meaning of life? Who is man? Who, whence, whether,

why, what? ... These are some important problems that affect all

humanity.

2. Life is a voyage to reach the Goal, the other shore of

fearlessness and immorality.

3. Life is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Eternal Wisdom. Life is a

journey to the Kingdom of Immortal Bliss.

4. Life is a song. Life is a poem. Life is a drama. Life is divine

music.

5.The life-stream of man flows as long as it is propelled by the

force of Karma, one's actions.

6. Live for God and for Him alone.

7. Life in reality is a great moment towards the attainment of God-

realisation.

8. The highest goal of man is the knowledge of Brahman or the

knowledge of one's own self.

9. The aim is one, and many are the angles of vision. The goal is

one and many are the ways leading thereto.

10. O Man! Brief is the life like a bubble, like the lightning. Make

thy life beautiful through meditation and selfless service.

11. The human body is a boat. Guru is its pilot. God is the

favourable wind that pushes the boat on.

12.O Man! You fritter away the precious life in indulging in vain

projects of various kinds and are never able to realise your true

toal.

13. O Ye, wanderer in darkness of ignorance and who are weary! Come

out of the darkness into light -- the light of the other shore where

wisdom shines and peaace abides.

 

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