Swami Kripalvananda

Indian yogi and spiritual teacher.

An Indian yogi renowned for his profound teachings on self-realization and holistic health. He advocated for the integration of spiritual practices with physical and mental wellness. His guidance emphasizes the importance of meditation, yoga, and prayer in achieving spiritual awakening and inner peace. A beacon of compassion, he inspired many on their spiritual paths, offering practical wisdom for living a balanced and enlightened life.

Swami Kripalvananda Quotes about Mind

All Yoga(12)Love(7)Mind(7)God(6)Knowledge(6)Meditation(6)Life(5)Sadhana(5)Practice(5)Karma(4)Truth(3)Suffering(3)Peace(3)Pranayama(3)Courage(3)

Since meditation offers relaxation, it helps to remove all tensions, stresses and strains of the mind. A ray of hope shines in the despairing mind and it becomes tolerant and restrained. In short, it can be said that the mind obtains fresh vigor or new life through the practice of meditation.
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You can bathe the body, but the mind is also impure. With what water can you bathe the mind? Chanting God’s name is the water to use for cleaning the mind.
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Unfortunately, you cannot do away with mental unrest by meditating for a day or a month; you must make regular and untiring efforts for many years. As the sadhaka (one who practices meditation) goes on eliminating and removing the causes of mental unrest, states of mental peace are generated. When the sadhaka attains higher states of meditation, streams of peace start flowing into the sadhaka’s mind, generating such qualities as modesty, enthusiasm, courage and patience. Subsequently the sadhaka becomes addicted to meditation.
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Self-analysis and self-observation are the keys to progress on the spiritual path. If you do not practice self-observation your decisions will not be the right ones, your conclusions will not be true. You cannot come to accurate self-observation and analysis immediately. It is a gradual process. Peace of mind, complete honesty, and objectivity are essential. When you are able to observe everything that happens in your life with keen awareness and draw inspiration from each action, then you will really be able to grow.
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Even though you practice regularly, it is not always possible to achieve the same quality of meditation. Sometimes the body, and more often the mind, creates obstructions. On such occasions find out the cause of the trouble to ensure that it does not happen again.
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The mind is a big storehouse of thoughts. Even if you desire to empty that storehouse, you cannot do so. Instead of trying to empty it, think new pure thoughts, and the old impure thoughts will vacate.
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To withdraw the mind from various objects or activities, and to bring it to one object or activity and make it concentrated is known as meditation.
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