Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes

Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1916-1993)

Chinmayananda Saraswati (May 8, 1916 – August 3, 1993), also known as Swami Chinmayananda and born Balakrishnan Menon, was an Indian spiritual leader and teacher who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission in 1953 to spread the message of Vedanta. The organization, which was founded by his disciples and led by him, has over 300 centres in India and internationally. He was also the Co-Founder of Vishva Hindu Parishad.

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Alternative Names: Balakrishna Menon

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Comfort comes as a guest; lingers to become the host,- and stays to enslave us.

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.

What you have is all His Gift to you. What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him ...

There is nothing, at any time, in any circumstance, to worry over why this to me ?

`Surrender inspite of Freedom' is the way of wisemen.

The end of ego is the `Mystic Death' of the mediator

To understand anything is to find in it something which is our own.

To say, `LORD IS' is Gyanam. But `THE LORD IS I' is Vigyanam.

Appreciating the mind as `ALL SILENCE'. `I AM' is meditation.

Grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.

Faith is, `To believe what you do not see', the reward of which is, `you see what you believed'.

Work without faith and prayer is like an artificial flower without fragrance.

Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but,`Freedom in Action'.

Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction.

Alert and vigilant living itself is a `Sadhana' in the true sense.