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 Friday 04 September 2026

GRACE AND EFFORT

Swami Sivananda

The ego gets destroyed in the state of Self-realisation or God-realization, and therefore God who is Realty and Knowledge itself is not to be equated with the unsubstantial ego which is only a creature of nescience. The Sadhaka has to put forth effort and has to take the help of the Shastras as long as he does not have the consciousness of his being identical with the Infinite Existence of God. Until the personality is completely surrendered to God, Grace works in the form of a free and happy effort or Sadhana in the Sadhaka. As long as there is body-consciousness it will seen that Grace and effort go together and work recjorcally and that the one cannot be distinguished the other. But in Self-Knowledge both these lose their meaning.


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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.

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Be calm. Be cheerful. Be courageous. Be self-controlled.

- Swami Sivananda
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