Any act, whether physical or mental, which impresses you with selfishness is a sin. Sins are children of the demon of desire for pleasure and power. Identification with the senses and their objects or the feeling which gives rise to passions, is sin. Lust is a cloud. It conceals the Light of the Divine. Violence and cruelty are totally incompatible with love. Greed and craving for wealth is a great evil. Kill the enemy of passion and hoist the banner of peace. Drinking is the mother to all evils. Give up drinking at once. You are forced by habit to drink and drinking strengthens habit. This is a vicious circle. Opium, ganja, charas are the kith and kin of liquor. They kill your brain, intellect, finer emotions and sentiments. A man who utters falsehood needs a very strong memory and a sharp intellect, since he has to support one lie by another.
Caution: Fraudulent Website
This is to caution all the devotees of Gurudev that some fraudsters have launched a website impersonating the official website of The Divine Life Society, in order to mislead the public and collect money in the name of booking rooms, joining Yoga Courses, etc. Devotees are advised to beware of the fake website with the address https://sivanandaashram.co.in/, email Id info@sivanandaashram.co.in & phone number 9668461538 and take necessary precautions from falling prey to such scammers. It has never been a practice of the Ashram to let the devotees book rooms or register for Yoga Courses through phone or Whatsapp.
Those who are devoted to the Ashram and Gurudev know very well that the Ashram does not charge anything for any Seva at the Ashram. Please take note that the official websites of The Divine Life Society are https://www.sivanandaonline.org and https://www.dlshq.org, email Ids are generalsecretary@sivanandaonline.org and gs@sivanandaonline.org and the online donation portal is https://donations.sivanandaonline.org
Your body is a moving temple of God and your heart is the sanctum sanctorum – the innermost shrine. Adorn your heart with virtue and make it fit for the occupation of God.