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 Thursday 05 February 2026

HIDDEN TRUTH

Swami Sivananda

One could follow one′s traditional religion and yet have the universal idealism of the basic truth in all religions. Different religious beliefs are the varying processes of the development and consummation of a fundamental and universal urge towards the one infinite source and origin of all life. It is the concern of religion to eliminate the evil in man's personality, to develop in himself all that is sublime, good, auspicious and beautiful. Religion does this by first laying down for the seeker the practice of the "good life. " Moral rectitude and ethical perfection form the universal basis of every religion. The conquest of brute passions and purification of the lower nature are further aspects of the universal prevalence in the true religious life. Contd…


To come to an awareness of having such a great ideal before us is a great achievement indeed. Jinasur api yogasya sabda-brahmativartate (B.G. 6.44) says the Bhagavadgita: "Even to aspire to know yoga is a tremendous achievement."

- Swami Krishnananda

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