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 Friday 18 September 2026

PREPARATORY STEPS IN YOGA

Swami Sivananda

When the mind is withdrawn from sense objects, the sense-organs also withdraw themselves from their respective objects. Enquiry, selfless service, Japa, meditation are aids to control of mind. By prayer and meditation, kindness, celibacy and non-injury the mind is purified. In pleasure and pain, in honour and dishonour, in censure and praise, you should keep a perfect balance and equilibrium. Clear-sightedness, tranquility, self-restraint, fortitude, faith, collectedness of mind, indifference to the world and yearning for liberation are the prerequisites of meditation. Choose a virtue. Concentrate upon that. You will surely develop that virtue. The best way to overcome an evil quality is to practise the opposite virtue daily.


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"The voice of people is the voice of God, " is sometimes said. You cannot see your own defects, but I can see them. And I cannot see my own defects, but you may observe them because the defects in one′s personality are always covered over with a veneer of self-satisfaction and complacency. It is a peculiar maya that is working in the mind of everyone.

- Swami Krishnananda
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