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See God in All

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See God in All
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Sri Swami Atmaswarupananda
As we are aware, Gurudev always used to remind his disciples that the goal of life is God-realisation. To achieve that goal he advocated integral yoga—yoga of the head, heart and hand. It is not that w...

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The Eighteen "Ities"

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Sri Swami Sivananda

For everyone's success in life and especially for an aspirant's success in spiritual life, it is essential that he should develop certain cardinal virtues. Virtue is strength, power and the key to peace. A virtuous man is e...

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20 Important Spiritual Instructions

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Sri Swami Sivananda

These twenty instructions contain the very essence of all Yoga Sadhana, Karma, Bhakti, Jnana and Yoga will all come to one who follows them whole-heartedly. They are the unfailing keys to quick and effective development and...

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FOUNDATION OF YOGA

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SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA

Develop virtues like generosity, forgiveness and love. Mere Yogic Kriyas alone will not help you much. Do self-analysis daily and eradicate your faults and evil, slavish habits. Rectify your defects such as selfishness, pri...

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Yoga

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Yoga Defined
BY Sri Swami Sivananda

The word 'Yoga' comes from a Sanskrit root 'Yuj' which means 'to join'. In its spiritual sense, it is the process by which the identity of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul is realized by the Yogi. The h...

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Spirit Love

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Spiritual. I love the word. Some don't, I know. I love the word
because, for me, it describes a vibrant reality of
living. 'Spiritus,' the Latin. 'Ruah,' the Hebrew. It means breath.
The breath of life. The animating force. Aristotle called the so...

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Practice of Meditation

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Practice of Meditation

A baby's eyes are riveted on a flower or a butterfly. It keeps looking at the object with unwinking eyes, eyes full of wonder, for minutes together.

A mother calls her teenage daughter to go and have lunch, but there is no...

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Thank You

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1. What is gratitude?
God is our creator and has given us all the various things in our
life including our life itself. Everyday we wake up in the morning to
live another day due to His grace. This life on Earth is precious as
it is the only regio...

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OBJECTS OF CONCENTRATION

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OBJECTS OF CONCENTRATION

Sit on any comfortable pose. Place a picture of your Ishta Devata in front of you. Look at the picture with a steady gaze. Then close your eyes and visualise the picture in the centre of your heart or in the space between...

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WHAT IS CONCENTRATION?

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Once a Sanskrit scholar approached Kabir and asked him, “O Kabir, what are you doing now?". Kabir replied, "O Pundit, I am detaching the mind from worldly objects and attaching it to the lotus-feet of the Lord". This is concentration.

Concentrat...

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