Sivananda Saraswati

Sivananda Saraswati

Yoga master and founder of Divine Life Society.

A renowned 20th-century Indian spiritual master who transformed from a medical doctor to a prolific yoga philosopher. He founded the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, authored over 300 spiritual books, and developed a holistic approach to yoga integrating service, devotion, knowledge, and meditation. His teachings emphasized universal spirituality, transcending religious boundaries and promoting individual and collective transformation.

Sivananda Saraswati Quotes about Past

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  • Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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  • The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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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.
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  • The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle.
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