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 Sunday 30 August 2026

GRACE AND EFFORT

Swami Sivananda

God has neither friend nor foe. He is equally present in all beings. He takes in neither the good deeds nor the bad deeds of people. He does not produce the idea of agency in persons. Neither for actions nor for their fruits is God responsible. Even as the sun is the cause of the activities of the world, and yet, he is not responsible for the actions that are done in the world, God is the very, basis, the consciousness and the reality behind all actions, and yet, He cannot be held responsible for the deeds of the beings of the world. God′s Will is relentless, exceptionless, impartial, absolutely true and is the very law governing the universe. All beings are controlled and guided by it. But when this universal power of God works in man through his inner organs of individualistic knowledge and action, it is called "Purushartha" or "self-effort" by him. Contd…


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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

Wherever you are, in whatever condition God has placed you, amidst whatever work, you can always keep up the inner union with God, if you awaken to the awareness of this great Fact — God in you and you in God.

- Swami Chidananda
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