Swami Satchidananda Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Though we can't always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best interests. We are always being guided in a way better than we know ourselves.”
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“Anything that you throw comes back. All your actions are echoes.”
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“Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.”
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“Now will never leave. It is always here. Like a clear canvas, it awaits our painting.”
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“The greatest victory you can win is over your own mind.”
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“Any kind of expectation creates a problem. We should accept, but not expect. Whatever comes, accept it. Whatever goes, accept it. The immediate benefit is that your mind is always peaceful.”
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“If you are becoming more easeful, peaceful & useful then you know you are growing.”
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“True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.”
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“As you are, you see everything else.”
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“Our own true nature is Infinite Joy! Always happy, Always peaceful, Always free.”
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“The stones of a river start out rough, but with the current continually bumping and polishing them, they end up being beautiful.”
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“Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)”
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“You are not given the light by anyone—not even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.”
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“Not only does charity begin at home. Everything begins at home, including spirituality.”
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“There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down. If you leave that to dig another well, all the first effort is wasted and there is no proof you won’t hit rock again. (52)”
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“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)”
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“Calming the mind is yoga, not just standing on the head”
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“Equality comes in realizing that we are all doing different jobs for a common purpose. That is the aim behind any community. The very name community means let's come together to recognize the unity. Come ... unity.”
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“Music is the celestial sound, and it is sound that controls the whole universe, not atomic vibrations. Sound energy, sound power, is much, much greater than any other power in the world.”
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“Yoga began with the first person wanting to be healthy and happy all the time.”
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“Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.”
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“Yoga is not only learning to stand on your head but also learning to stand on your feet.”
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“When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)”
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“We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil.”
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“If we only look within, we will see he Light as if we were seeing our own image in a mirror. (122)”
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“Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115)”
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“Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world. Whatever change we want to happen outside should happen within. If you walk in peace and express that peace in your very life, others will see you and learn something.”
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“[T]he period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta, the Brahmic time, or divine period, and is a very sacred time to meditate. (140)”
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“What is it that dies? A log of wood dies to become a few planks. The planks die to become a chair. The chair dies to become a piece of firewood, and the firewood dies to become ash. You give different names to the different shapes the wood takes, but the basic substance is there always. If we could always remember this, we would never worry about the loss of anything. We never lose anything; we never gain anything. By such discrimination we put an end to unhappiness. (118-119)”
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“If you have done something meritorious, you experience pleasure and happiness; if wrong things, suffering. A happy or unhappy life is your own creation. Nobody else is responsible. If you remember this, you won’t find fault with anybody. You are your own best friend as well as your worst enemy. (99)”
-- Swami Satchidananda
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