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d. 1993 India
Chinmayananda Saraswati (May 8, 1916 – August 3, 1993), also known as Swami Chinmayananda and born Balakrishnan Menon, was an Indian spiritual leader and teacher who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission in 1953 to spread the message of Vedanta. The organization, which was founded by his disciples and led by him, has over 300 centres in India and internationally.
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Everybody exists. It is only the few who live. To live, you should have an ideal.
Don't expect them to fully understand you. They won't: So ? Demonstrate with results what they would not understand with words!
To give without sympathy is to build a temple without the idol and is as futile as painting a picture with black ink on a black-board.
Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but,`Freedom in Action'.
We like someone because, we love someone in spite of...
Plan out your work Then work out your plan. The former without the latter is a sheer waste. The latter without the former is mere unproductive confusion.
Some act till they meet obstacles, others act inspite of obstacles and conquer them; but some act not fearing the possibility of some obstacles, that might arise enroute.
Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.
Comfort - Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.
Faults become thick when love is thin.
To listen is not merely to hear. We in life, hear but very rarely do we know how to listen. To Listen is to hear, with an intellectual alertness and attention of awareness.
More important than What is Behind you and what is Ahead of you is what is In you. Seek it. Centred in it, act and live.
Brood less, smile more and serve all.
Do the best and leave the rest.
Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hurls it down! The more we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory through the entire neighbourhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life.
The end of ego is the `Mystic Death' of the mediator
Live morality before you talk of it. Practise meditation before you preach it. Taste goodness before you recommend it. Gain bliss before you offer it to others.
What you have is all His Gift to you. What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him ...
To say, `LORD IS' is Gyanam. But `THE LORD IS I' is Vigyanam.
Stop all your attachments to false values. In an ever changing world, there is nothing worthwhile for us to desire or weep for. Joys and sorrows are bound come in human life; they are just like the two sides of the same coin.
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