Swami Sivananda Quotes


Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.


Citations

Sivananda, Swami. Practice of Karma Yoga. The Divine Life Society, 1954, p. 55.

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Swami Sivananda
Swami Sivananda
  • Born: September 8, 1887
  • Died: July 14, 1963
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Philosopher

Sivananda Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh.