Analects of Swami Sivananda

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86. Craving (Trishna) causes eternal suffering. Craving is the womb of

vice. Craving is the dreadful impeller of sin.

87. There is no end for craving. Contentment alone is the best way to

happiness.

88. Cultivate contentment by the practice of devotion, by knowledge or

by dispassion.

89. Compassion, truthfulness, humility, cosmic love and purity are the

five cardinal virtues to be cultivated by an aspirant.

90. An envious mind knows no peace. Cultivate magnanimity and

friendship with all. Envy will die.

91. O man! Cultivate fortitude. Fortify with courage and patience. In

times of perils, adversities, wants and pain, it will sustain you.

92. Fortitude is Dhriti. It is mental power of endurance. It is

firmness in meeting danger. It is power to resist.

93. Patience, courage, endurance, heroism, resolution and presence of

mind are the ingredients of fortitude.

94. He is truly great who loves God, who is humble, who is endowed

with dispassion and discrimination.

95. He who entertains kind thoughts can be cheerful and serene.

96. He who has to kindness is devoid of all good.

97. Kindness is a precious ornament of a man.

98. Love, faith, truth, character and aspiration are sacred.

99. Self-restraint is real austerity.

100. He who practises self-control, what need has he to retire to the

forest? He who is lax in self-control, what good can he derive from

adopting a hermit's life?

101. Wherever a man of restraint lives, it is for him a forest and a

hermitage.

102. For a man of self-restraint, the home is as good as a hermitage.