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Chinmayananda Saraswati

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• “Do you know the essence of Vedanta?” he asked in a booming voice and himself gave the answer, “Undress and embrace” he thundered. People were nonplussed. He chuckled and explained, “Undress the body, mind and intellect. What remains is automatically in the embrace with OM, the pure awareness.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: quoted in Wirth, Maria - Thank You India, A German Woman's Journey To The Wisdom of Yoga. Garuda Prakashan Private Limited (2020)

• “But the boy who left the hall was not the boy who had gone in some ten minutes before. After my college days, my political work, and after my years of stay at Uttarkashi at the feet of my master, Tapovanam I knew that what I gained on the Ganges banks was that which had been given to me years before by the saint of Tiruvannamalai on that hot summer day – by a mere look”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Success or achievement is not the final goal. It is the 'spirit' in which you act that puts the seal of beauty upon your life.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In The Art of Man-making: Talks on the Bhagavad Geeta, p. 54”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The guru is nothing but pure consciousness, Bliss and eternal wisdom.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Divinity should not be given to you from somewhere else. The Upanishad thunders "Thou Art That.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Faith is belief in what I do not know now, so I can come soon enough for what I believe in.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Whatever the man of realization is the moral code for us to follow. The qualities of his actions are the standards by which the world determines its sense of justice, the concept of Dharma.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Live morality before you talk to him. Practicing meditation before you preach. Goodness taste before you recommend. Gain bliss before you offer to others.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What you have is His gift to you; what you do with what you have is your gift to Him.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do the best and leave the rest.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Brood less, smile more and serve all.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The highest form of grace is silence.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Out of purity and silence come the words of power.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The cultured give happiness wherever they go. The uncultured whenever they go.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Faults become thick when love is thin.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Introspect daily, detect diligently, negate ruthlessly.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Substitute wisely, grow steadily and be free.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Every body dies, nobody dies.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Comfort - Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Disappointment can come only to those Who make Appointment with the future.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Mind alone is maya at play.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Remember, Even This Will Pass Away.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Not to do what you feel like doing is Freedom.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He who submits to discipline is a DISCIPLE”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Happiness depends on what you can give, Not on what you can get.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Alert and vigilant living itself is a `Sadhana' in the true sense.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If I rest, I rust.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but,`Freedom in Action'.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Work without faith and prayer is like an artificial flower without fragrance.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Faith is, `To believe what you do not see', the reward of which is, `you see what you believed'.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Appreciating the mind as `ALL SILENCE'. `I AM' is meditation.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To say, `LORD IS' is Gyanam. But `THE LORD IS I' is Vigyanam.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To understand anything is to find in it something which is our own.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The end of ego is the `Mystic Death' of the mediator”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “`Surrender inspite of Freedom' is the way of wisemen.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There is nothing, at any time, in any circumstance, to worry over why this to me ?”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What you have is all His Gift to you. What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him ...”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.”

  Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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