Top 100 Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
#1. Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance and personality. Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have.
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#2. With the opening of the New Year, all the closed portals of limitations will be thrown open and I shall move through them to vaster fields, where my worthwhile dreams of life will be fulfilled.
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#3. When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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#4. Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
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#5. He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds, a true Brahmin has knowledge of the hereafter and of the workings of nature on this plane of existence.
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#6. If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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#7. The Sama Veda of India contains the world's earliest writings on musical science. The
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#9. I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
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#10. When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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#11. Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.
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#12. Absolute, unquestioning faith in God is the greatest method of instantaneous healing. An unceasing effort to arouse that faith is man's highest and most rewarding duty.
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#13. Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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#15. The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul.
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#16. The adage: "He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom," could never be applied to my profound and quiet master. Though
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#17. You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find.
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#19. It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
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#21. Sir P. C. Roy's History of Hindu Chemistry, in B. N. Seal's Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus, in B. K. Sarkar's Hindu Achievements in Exact Science and his The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology, and in U. C. Dutt's Materia Medica of the Hindus. 2
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#22. Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.
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#25. The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.
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#26. Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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#27. he who discards his worldly duties can justify himself only by assuming some kind of responsibility toward a much larger family." The
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#28. Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
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#29. In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.
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#30. Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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#31. Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony. Never get angry, for anger poisons your system.
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#32. The weakling who has refused the conflict, acquiring nothing, has had nothing to renounce. He alone who has striven and won can enrich the world by bestowing the fruits of his victorious experience.
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#33. Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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#34. Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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#35. Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.
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#36. Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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#37. Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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#38. By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.
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#40. As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.
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#41. As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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#42. To face death itself should not daunt you. Fear of death is ridiculous, because as long as you are not dead you are alive, and when you are dead there is noting more to worry about!
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#44. Release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come. Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all the attributes of success. Tune yourself with the creative power of spirit.
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#48. The more deeply we perceive, the more striking becomes the evidence that a uniform plan links every form in manifold nature.
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#49. Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.
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#50. If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to the inheritance left by our ancestors. If we may make new discoveries and inventions in the phenomenal world, must we declare our bankruptcy in the spiritual domain? Is
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#51. The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos of consciousness.
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#52. Turning a corner, I ran into an old acquaintance - one of those long-winded fellows whose conversational powers ignore time and embrace eternity.
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#53. If you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you.
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#54. Heavenly Father, my body cells are made of light, my fleshly cells are made of Thee. They are Spirit, for Thou art Spirit; they are immortal, for Thou art Life.
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#55. Nothing may truly be said to be a miracle except in the profound sense that everything is a miracle.
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#56. To repeat a prayer-demand over and over again, whether mentally or out loud, with ever-deeper attention and devotion, spiritualizes the prayer; it changes conscious, concentrated repetition into superconscious experience.
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#57. The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux.
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#58. The ancient rishi Patanjali defines "yoga" as "control of the fluctuations of the mind-stuff.
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#59. Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.
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#60. The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation; mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.
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#61. If you are in a dark room, don't beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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#62. Many a morning and evening found Mother and me meditating before an improvised shrine, offering flowers dipped in fragrant sandalwood paste. With frankincense and myrrh as well as our united devotions, we honored the divinity which had found full expression in Lahiri Mahasaya.
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#63. As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited ... Focus your attention on God, and you shall have all the power you want, to use in any direction.
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#64. Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to you.
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#65. The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion.
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#67. Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.
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#69. To lay aside what you have in your head (selfish desires and ambitions); to freely bestow what you have in your hand; and never to flinch from the blows of adversity!
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#72. Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.
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#75. Protection of the cow means protection of the whole dumb creation of God. The appeal of the lower order of creation is all the more forceful because it is speechless." 6
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#76. May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts.
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#77. It is not a pumping-in from the outside that gives wisdom; it is the power and extent of your inner receptivity that determines how much you can attain of true knowledge, and how rapidly. You can quicken your evolution by awakening and increasing the receptive power of your brain cells.
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#78. The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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#79. A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, 'What comes of itself, let it come.
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#80. No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed.
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#81. Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.
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#83. A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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#84. Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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#85. Death is only an experience through which you are meant to learn a great lesson: you cannot die.
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#86. Forget you were born a Hindu, and don't be an American. Take the best of them both,
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#87. Just as a wet match, when struck, does not produce fire, so a mind saturated with restlessness cannot produce the fire of concentration even when one makes great efforts to strike the cosmic spark.
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#88. Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.
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#89. It is often forgotten that He who has surrounded us with this ever-evolving mystery of creation has also implanted in us the desire to question and understand.
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#90. Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
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#91. The universal law of karma ... is that of action and reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the course of natural righteousness, man, by his thoughts and actions, becomes the arbiter of his destiny.
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#92. Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism.
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#94. Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.
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#96. To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.
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#97. The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.
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#98. All Nature will commune with you when you are in tune with God. Realization of this truth will make you a master of your destiny.
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#100. Think of Divine Abundance as a mighty, refreshing rain. Whatever receptacle you have at hand will receive it. If you hold up a tin cup, you will receive only that quantity. If you hold up a bowl, that will be filled. What kind of receptacle are you holding up to Divine Abundance?
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