Analects of Swami Sivananda

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Chapter 7

 

VOICE OF WISDOM

 

(i) O Man! Be Wise.

(ii) Strive for Perfection.

(iii) How to Live?

(iv) Reflect, Practise, Realise.

 

(i) O Man! Be Wise.

 

1. The source of all knowledge is within you.

2. You are your own saviour. No one can save you.

3. Understand your right realtions with the environment and act

accordingly.

4. Act in accordance with what the situation demdns, what your mind

determines, what ethics demands and what the great scriptures enjoin

upon you.

5. He is not a philosopher but a fool who does not live a balanced

active life demanded by the situation in which he is placed.

6. Absorb knowledge whatever possible. Listen to the opinions of those

who are more experienced than yourself.

7. Not logic, nor metaphysical enquiry can sae man, but only right

conduct, virtuous life and meditation on the Atman.

8. Man makes an enquiry into the problem of the Ultimate Reality. He

desires to realise the same through proper conduct and ideals,

discipline and Sadhana.

9. When you came into the world, your relatives were laughing and you

were crying. Attain Self-realisation. When you leave the world, they

will be crying and you will be laughing.

10. O man! Be like a cloud that pours water but asks for nothing in

return.

11. There is but one Law, the Law of the Supreme Being, Eternal and

Unchanging.

12. By accepting this and strict adherence to this Law, one an attain

everlasting happiness. Divine Life is but the acceptance and adherence

to this Law of the Divine.

13. With the fullness of life alone, of life that does n ot die, of

life eternal, can come, must come, and will come, the consciousness of

the Infinite.

14. Attain the life Eternal. The infinite realm of bliss is with you.