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 Tuesday 24 February 2026

CAUSE OF SUFFERING

Swami Sivananda

If the desired object is not attained, there is suffering. If the desired object fails to respond, there is suffering. If the desired object is momentarily attained, there is anxiety that it might be lost. If the desired object recoils with a negative response, there is still greater suffering. Hence in renunciation of mundane desires alone is true happiness. Desire (kama) does not mean merely sexual desire, though the Sanskrit term is often wrongly confined to the latter alone, but it includes all desires related to the senses. You must sublimate mundane desires to noble desires, worldly desires to spiritual aspiration, selfish desires to unselfish desires. Contd…


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Bhakti transmutes animal nature into Divine Nature and raises him to the pinnacle of Divine glory and splendour.

- Swami Sivananda
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