Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

One single ideal can transform a listless soul
into a towering leader of men.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Alert and vigilant living itself is a ‘Sadhana’ in the true sense.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Some act till they meet obstacles, others act inspite of obstacles and conquer them; but some act not fearing the possibility of some obstacles, that might arise enroute.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Daily prayer and meditation are all wonderful therapeutic agencies in building up peace and happiness within an individual.
—Swami Chinmayananda

This nobility in your heart must shine out in your actions, in your conduct, in your work. To be moody in and disgusted with the responsibilities, and to drag yourself through life, is a painful, unproductive existence.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To do your job even if circumstances are not conducive,
s our gift to Him-who is the sole Lord of all circumstances.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive.
The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.
—Swami Chinmayananda

‘Moksha’ is not ‘Freedom from Action’ but, ‘Freedom in Action’.
—Swami Chinmayananda

‘Surrender inspite of Freedom’ is the way of wisemen.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Mind alone is maya at play.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Out of purity and silence come the words of power.
—Swami Chinmayananda

A man-of-wisdom lives in the world, but he is never of the world.
—Swami Chinmayananda

You are successful and creative only when you see an opportunity in every difficulty.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Not to do what you feel like doing is freedom.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Become quietly effective.
Don’t expect them, to fully understand you.
They won’t: So ?
Demonstrate with results
What they would not understand with words .
—Swami Chinmayananda

Mind can make a hell of heaven.
Or a heaven of hell.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Man is the roof and crown of creation. He may be tossed about by uncertain storms of life, but the solution to it lies in his own efforts in finding an ideal, and then raising his personality, from the level of petty emotions, to the loftier heights of the chosen ideal.
—Swami Chinmayananda

What you have is all His Gift to you.
What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him … .
—Swami Chinmayananda

In life, the glory lies not in the quarry, but in the chase.
The success is not in the trophy won,
but in the race run … .
—Swami Chinmayananda

When the time of judgement comes,
we shall not be asked what we have read,
but what we have done.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Comfort – Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Without devotion, knowledge is tasteless. Without knowledge, devotion is mere empty idol worship.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The God-Man functions as a true ‘sportsman’ in his playfield,
where the very enjoyment is in the sport and not in the score.
—Swami Chinmayananda

He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Don’t die while living, live after you are dead.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Universe is a cosmos and not a chaos. There exists a mental affinity; a scientific law;
a rhythm of mental relationship in which the entire living world is held together, in one web of love.
—Swami Chinmayananda

It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Flood your mind with love. Look into the eyes of the other and embrace the person with whom you have quarreled.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Live morality before you talk of it.
Practise meditation before you preach it.
Taste goodness before you recommend it.
Gain bliss before you offer it to others.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The average man looks up at night
and sees thousands and thousands, of twinkling stars,
Each different from the others.
But a man of wisdom and achievement,
Perceives the one light,
Behind the dark dome of the night-sky,
Whose incandescence peeps at us,
Through all the holes in the night-dome!.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Strange! Wealth estranges us all. It is all very strange, the money psychology! When you have not got any, you will pant to get some! When you get some, you grow jealous of others who have more, and feel conceited among those who have less.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Everyone points to the other man, who, according to him, is happier. But the only one, who has the courage to declare that he is truly happy, is he who has relinquished all his passions and hungers from within.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The greatness is not what we do but, unavoidably, it is always in how we do what we do.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Be a noble person in life. The tides of circumstances and the tussle of happenings may toss us hither and thither, may buffet us up and down, but stay noble in your thoughts and actions – you will be ever safe.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To remember the ever present Divine at all times, even while acting in the world, is the most positive practice for a seeker who is striving to evolve. He will thereby transform his inner personality from its present condition, to a state of harmony and efficiency.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Appreciating the mind as ‘ALL SILENCE’, ‘I AM’ is meditation.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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