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Swami Paramananda
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A spiritual teacher and poet known for bringing Eastern teachings to a global audience. He emphasized inner peace, selfless service, and meditation as paths to enlightenment. His writings, often expressed in lyrical and contemplative language, inspire seekers to cultivate both spiritual wisdom and compassion in daily life. He remains respected for his synthesis of devotion and universal philosophy.

Swami Paramananda Icon Image
Swami Paramananda
Quotes

A spiritual teacher and poet known for bringing Eastern teachings to a global audience. He emphasized inner peace, selfless service, and meditation as paths to enlightenment. His writings, often expressed in lyrical and contemplative language, inspire seekers to cultivate both spiritual wisdom and compassion in daily life. He remains respected for his synthesis of devotion and universal philosophy.

After leaving their bodies, they who have killed the Self go to the worlds of the Asuras, covered with blinding ignorance.

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There is no map that can show you how to leap. The map for this is somewhere in our own imagination.

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There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with the universal storehouse of life and knowledge.

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Fools dwelling in ignorance, yet imagining themselves wise and learned, go round and round in crooked ways, like the blind led by the blind.

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The good and the pleasant approach man; the wise examines both and discriminates between them; the wise prefers the good to the pleasant, but the foolish man chooses the pleasant through love of bodily pleasure.

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It moves and It moves not. It is far and also It is near. It is within and also It is without all this. It is near to those who have the power to understand It, for It dwells in the heart of every one; but It seems far to those whose mind is covered by the clouds of sensuality and self-delusion. It is within, because It is the innermost Soul of all creatures; and It is without as the essence of the whole external universe, infilling it like the all-pervading ether.

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O mind, remember thy deeds! O mind, remember, remember thy deeds! Remember!

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Who is better able to know God than I myself, since He resides in my heart and is the very essence of my being? Such should be the attitude of one who is seeking.

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