“The moving mind looks for happiness in getting and experiencing things. These do not suffice, for, when the mind has one thing it immediately rushes after another. The still mind finds happiness in everything.”

— Shantananda Saraswati

Teaching of His Holiness Shantanand Saraswati, The Study Society 2018

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Hindu spiritual teacher 1934–2005

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