July 9, 2026
Once you begin to think of Gurudev Sivananda, remember Him, remind yourself of the way in which He laughed and lectured, the way in which He smiled and frowned, your whole being is flooded by reminiscences, which keep flowing as if a dam had burst. Sometimes we are tempted to compare Gurudev with this or that holy man. But truly He was incomparable. In fact, he was indefinable and therefore unpredictable.
He had no stereotyped behavior, set responses or rigid routines. In Him contradictions were reconciled into a complete wholeness, and the changes blended into an unchanging light that defied description.There was no dogma in Him, and yet He was not necessarily opposed to dogma. He was not opposed to anything - no, not even to opposition! He was incarnate Love, but that Love was unlike anything that you and I have experienced.