14. Swami Sivananda

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Face is the index of the mind.
Eyes are the windows of the soul.
A mind is the result of the past thinking.
Mind is a power of God.
There is bondage when the mind desires for something.
Good and bad, friend and enemy, pleasure and pain, virtue and sin are in the mind only.
Fast the mind.
Give up mundane desires.
Detach the mind from objects.
Avidya inheres in the mind, not in Atma.
Sincere devotion controls the mind and senses.
You are not this perishable body or finite mind.

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