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 Thursday 03 September 2026

GRACE AND EFFORT

Swami Sivananda

Without God′s consciousness or reality even the ego cannot function, and yet, the actions of the ego, when they are done without the consciousness of God, lead to the bondage of the ego which is the determining principle of the Jiva. In short, all free, spontaneous, selfless and universally good actions are God's actions and they tend to the freedom of the instrument through which these actions are done. But all prejudiced, narrow, selfish and unhealthy actions which are not universally good are the ego's actions, and for these, only the ego is responsible. It cannot be said that even the ego is God and its actions are God's actions; for the ego is a non-entity and is not valid in the state of God-consciousness, while it has a relative reality as long as the Jiva is sunk in ignorance. 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.

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Asking for comfort is reprehensible from the point of view of the discipline of spiritual practice. You may require books to read, paper to write upon, a minimum diet to eat, minimum clothing, minimum accommodation. Keep all these to the minimum. Do not accept what is not necessary for your physical existence. That is called aparigraha — non-acceptance of gifts, as it is usually translated according to the sutra of Patanjali.

- Swami Krishnananda
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