Swami Krishnananda

Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are not three gods, but the one God performing three functions. There can, thus, be no superiority or inferiority among them. They are like the three faces of a crystal where one face reflects the others.

Renunciation is not an abandonment in the literal sense of the word, but a spirit that is maintained within—a spirit of not belonging to anything, and a spirit of nothing actually belonging to one's own self.

The miracle that Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj worked is its own explanation. That tapas which he performed is the seed and the tree of whose fruit we are tasting at this present time as this vast organisational work and wave of spiritual enlightenment.

It is said that God-realisation is the Goal of life because when we attain God, we have attained everything. By knowing That, we have known all things. By acquiring That, we have possessed everything.

The moment we intervene or touch this electromagnetic field of the cosmos with an external attitude, it gives a kick; that is what is called the nemesis of karma.

The Upanishad wants to tell us that the universe is nothing but a bundle of vibrations. It is not made up of things, objects, substances, etc. Energy continuum is the universe.

When we chant Om, we are diving deep into the very substance of the whole universe. It is as if we are melting the hard body and making it into a liquid of force.

Yoga is a process of rejoicing. It is not a suffering. It is a movement through happiness. From one state of joy, we move to another state of joy.

Many days of meditation do not mean much; it is the kind of meditation that you have been practising, and the quality, that is involved there.

All humanity is inside you, with you, within you, and has taken possession of you. The principle of every individual in the world is also inside you, so that on different occasions you can manifest the character of any person in this world.