--- title: "1 State Meditation Quotes By Sivananda" description: "1 State Meditation quotes by Sivananda. Plus more from Sivananda and more State Meditation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sivananda-7251_absolutes_to-achieve-that-state-of-lasting-happine_2284111.png" --- > [To achieve that state of lasting happiness and absolute peace, we must first know how to calm the mind, to concentrate and go beyond the mind. By turning the mind's concentration inward, upon the self, we can deepen that experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/to-achieve-that-state-of-lasting-happiness-and-absolute-peace-we-must/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/sivananda-7251_absolutes_to-achieve-that-state-of-lasting-happine_2284111.png) ## More by Sivananda > [Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/eating-drinking-sleeping-a-little-laughter-much-weeping-is-that-all/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/arrogance-is-a-mixture-of-impertinence-disobedience-indiscipline/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/the-secret-of-life-is-not-enjoyment-but-education-through-experience/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Giving is the secret of abundance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/giving-is-the-secret-of-abundance/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/learn-to-give-give-in-plenty-give-with-love-give-without-any/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Money can help you to get medicines but not health. Money can help you to get soft pillows, but not sound sleep. Money can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/money-can-help-you-to-get-medicines-but-not-health-money-can-help-you/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/an-evil-man-is-a-saint-of-the-future-see-good-in-everything-destroy/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is positive, cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred is replaced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/ahimsa-is-not-mere-negative-non-injury-it-is-positive-cosmic-love-it/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Don't fear the darkness if you carry the light within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/don-t-fear-the-darkness-if-you-carry-the-light-within/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/the-mind-is-responsible-for-the-feelings-of-pleasure-and-pain-control/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/if-you-do-not-find-peace-within-you-will-not-find-it-anywhere-else/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Modern civilization is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/modern-civilization-is-complicated-and-artificial-simple-folk-live-in/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/music-is-the-medium-for-expressing-emotion-music-kindles-love-and/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/the-divine-within-you-is-stronger-than-anything-that-is-without-you/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) > [Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/sow-love-reap-peace-sow-meditation-reap-wisdom/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-meditation/sivananda/#itemlist", "name": "1 State Meditation Quotes By Sivananda", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To achieve that state of lasting happiness and absolute peace, we must first know how to calm the mind, to concentrate and go beyond the mind. By turning the mind's concentration inward, upon the self, we can deepen that experience of perfect concentration. 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