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About Swami Sivananda

Swami Sivananda was a 19th-century hindu spiritual teacher. Swami Sivananda Saraswati, also called Swami Sivananda, was a yoga guru, a Hindu spiritual teacher, and a proponent of Vedanta. Sivananda was born in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of modern Tamil Nadu, and was named Kuppuswami. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Alone — Solitude, independence, and the experience of being alone

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“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”
— Swami Sivananda
Future Depression Past

“Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.”
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Treat Duty Everybody

“Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.”
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“Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.”
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“Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.”
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“A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the conse...”
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