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 Sunday 01 March 2026

WAY TO FREEDOM

Swami Sivananda

Desires weaken the mind. Do not run after sensual objects. You will conserve immense energy, physical and mental. To be dispassionate is to be calm and equipoised. Viveka or right discernment, vairagya or dispassion, and abhyasa or practice of spiritual discipline go together. Vairagya does not cease with the denial of physical necessities, but means a state of evaporation of desire for sense-objects through right understanding. Vairagya indicates moderation and abstention guided by right knowledge. Initiative, pluck, drive, zest and endeavour are not blunted through dispassion or renunciation of desire. Formerly they were all related to the individual self. Now, with spiritual understanding, their application is directed for the attainment of a common objective, the individual being an instrument of God. He who has no wants at all is the happiest being in the world.


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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.

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

Any religion is all right, provided it has a proper idea about the ultimate goal of human life. As a small boat in the Ganga can take you to the big Pacific Ocean. It will meander this way and that way, and take you to the Pacific. You may belong to any category of faith or religion, and there is no necessity to change religions.

- Swami Krishnananda
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