This was one of Swami Sivananda’s visions that has been put into practice by Swami Satyananda. The philosophy of Swami Sivananda was: Serve, Love and Give. Give what?

Give your friendship, respect and love to people who lack that in life. If you give these three things then you can uplift another person’s life. Swami Sivananda said that through ‘Serve, Love and Give’ you purify yourself, you become good and you do good.

So, if you do three things, you achieve three things. What do you do? You serve, you love and you give. What do you achieve? You purify, become good and do good – you achieve goodness in expression. He also said to meditate for your spiritual development, and meditation will lead you to realization.

Just as Sage Patanjali’s eightfold path is yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi, the eight limbs of Swami Sivananda’s yoga are serve, love, give, purify, be good, do good, meditate, realize.

Swami Satyananda lived the three cardinal principles of ‘Serve, Love and Give’, and those people who have associated with this vision and mission have definitely felt that they are attaining inner purity, becoming good and doing good.

That feeling, that conviction and awareness is rising. Good does not only happen in big measures, it also happens in small measures. By living the first three principles of Swami Sivananda, the next three are automatically and naturally attained.

These principles bring people together and develop a force of conviction, faith and belief – not in God, but in humanity itself, in the quality of humanity. Belief in the quality of humanity is better, higher and more satisfying than belief in God.

God is always there as the last resource. There is no need to even think about it, God is always there. Whenever you want to see God, you only have to open the doors of your heart, and that is not too difficult.

On the other hand, it is difficult to see the qualitative goodness in humanity, but it has been found, through the ages, that a qualitative life can be achieved; Swami Sivananda called it the Divine Life.

Ganga Darshan, Munger, 29 October 2008

From the book “On the Wings of the Swan, Vol.8”, pg. 96-97, Sw. Niranjanananda Saraswati

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Serve, love and give

This was one of Swami Sivananda’s visions that has been put into practice by Swami Satyananda. The philosophy of Swami Sivananda was: Serve, Love and Give. Give what?

Give your friendship, respect and love to people who lack that in life. If you give these three things then you can uplift another person’s life. Swami Sivananda said that through ‘Serve, Love and Give’ you purify yourself, you become good and you do good.

So, if you do three things, you achieve three things. What do you do? You serve, you love and you give. What do you achieve? You purify, become good and do good – you achieve goodness in expression. He also said to meditate for your spiritual development, and meditation will lead you to realization.

Just as Sage Patanjali’s eightfold path is yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi, the eight limbs of Swami Sivananda’s yoga are serve, love, give, purify, be good, do good, meditate, realize.

Swami Satyananda lived the three cardinal principles of ‘Serve, Love and Give’, and those people who have associated with this vision and mission have definitely felt that they are attaining inner purity, becoming good and doing good.

That feeling, that conviction and awareness is rising. Good does not only happen in big measures, it also happens in small measures. By living the first three principles of Swami Sivananda, the next three are automatically and naturally attained.

These principles bring people together and develop a force of conviction, faith and belief – not in God, but in humanity itself, in the quality of humanity. Belief in the quality of humanity is better, higher and more satisfying than belief in God.

God is always there as the last resource. There is no need to even think about it, God is always there. Whenever you want to see God, you only have to open the doors of your heart, and that is not too difficult.

On the other hand, it is difficult to see the qualitative goodness in humanity, but it has been found, through the ages, that a qualitative life can be achieved; Swami Sivananda called it the Divine Life.

Ganga Darshan, Munger, 29 October 2008

From the book “On the Wings of the Swan, Vol.8”, pg. 96-97, Sw. Niranjanananda Saraswati