"Pleasure and pain are the mind and the senses."
Quotes
© J.Vock/DharmaYogaCenter.com
"Belief is not enough, you have to experience."
"Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything."
"Can you see God in every person?"
"When you are quiet, you see everything with love."
"Be a witness of body and mind activities."
"The other self is your worst enemy."
"Always stay alert, radiating love and peace 24 hours a day, every day."
"The Supreme Teacher is within you. By constant attention to Him, you’ll be stuffed with bliss and joy."
"The purpose of meditation is to remove your doubts."
"Do all the postures very slowly, without pain or straining. Be nice to all."
"People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice."
"Your worst enemy is your own self when you are not under control."
"By realizing what you really are, that triggers the highest senses of perception."
"Bring your attention to your heart. Everything is within."
"We are eternal. We are immutable."
"With practice, you’ll be able to hold your mind for a long time on one thing."
"Everything is perfect and nothing is permanent."
"Go beyond the fears and doubts."
"Yogis are always content. They do their best, but they are not worried about the results."
"When you are full of love, calm, serene and realize the Laws of Karma, all these doesn’t affect you much."
"Remember, everybody passes through the same thing."
"Purify your heart and lose your ego."
"Live the golden rule. Purify the heart. Lose the ego."
"Learn how to remain still, without any action during the Asanas."
"Pretend that you are already there: perfect. You are just trying to gather evidence."
"You become what you believe."
"Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart."
"Real Yogis love the absence of activities."
"Do the practice because it has to be done."
"Whatever you are doing, feel that all beings are enjoying through your senses."
"You are the master of your senses."
"The beauty of reincarnation is that you will meet your loved ones again next life. When you really love someone, you will be with them again."
"What is the Self inside? It’s the same as God. It doesn’t involve any enjoyment because there is no personal self there."
"If you see yourself everywhere, that is a sign of Self-realization."
"The action of compassion is to see yourself in others. This is the most important thing for all of us to practice all the time."
"When you are doing things together, you are inside the collective mind, and share psychic knowledge with each other. That is how you become one."
"Yoga truly means to be respectful and compassionate to all living beings and to be free from all sorrow. Who wouldn’t want that?"
"Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence."
"You should practice relaxation every day."
"Reduce your wants and lead a happy and contented life. Never hurt the feelings of others and be kind to all. Think of God as soon as you get up and when you go to bed."
"Do selfless work, and don’t even think about the spiritual benefits."
"Intelligence itself can be perceived. That’s how you know you are not it."
"Everything is perfect. That is the beauty of yoga: to bring our consciousness to this level."
"Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself."
"The secret is to have firm, regular concentration on one thing."
"Yoga without the Yamas is like spaghetti without the sauce."
"The Spiritual Sun already blazes within."
"When you have fortitude, you stand supreme under any conditions."
"Suffering is good."
"The calmer you are, the more craving-free you are."
"You need to have angry determination."
"Keep your thoughts pure."
"All these fancy poses have nothing to do with enlightenment."
"Every time you have a chance, go within and do your meditation."
"All living beings fear violence."
"Everything returns in mysterious ways — it’s the Law of Karma."
"Get Self Knowledge."
"How you eat and what you eat has a great effect on your future state of health."
"Bless everything. You are a portion of God."
"Your goal is Self Knowledge; your Guru is here (at the center of the chest)."
"You have to get serious about your practice!"
"Three times blessed are those that can copy the teacher physically, mentally and spiritually."
"Be compassionate and surrender your ego. Be always content, a happy soul, and surrender to your own Self."
"Stay truthful and blissful."
"The secret to success is constant practice."
"See yourself in the practice you are not able to access right now. Imagine yourself in it."
"Do it because it has to be done and expect nothing."
"If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content."
"Only knowledge can relieve the pain and suffering."
"The amount of happiness that you are experiencing right now is due to your previous actions."
"Who is full of doubts, suffering and depressed? It’s the body and mind passing through the effects from your previous deeds. Pass through this suffering gracefully and try never to complain."
"To conserve energy, observe silence after the class."
"When you are self-controlled, you like yourself."
"Everything depends on your mental attitude."
"You have to go to the very edge again and again. That’s how eventually you go beyond."
"Be receptive to the infinite wisdom and intuition within you."
"Yogis love to be alone."
"You have to have strong desire for liberation."
"Your mind is going to be busy with the senses. Remain unconcerned."
"The greatest of all impurities is ignorance of your own True Self."
"All actions have the perfect reaction."
"The most important prayer is to say thank you, even for the air you breathe."
"Visualize yourself doing it. If you believe you are full of doubt, then you will be filled with doubt."
"Relaxation is the best antidote to impurities."
"When you have a little Self Knowledge, you are a king among men. This is very rare. The rest are all lost in duality, lost in their ego. I have many disciples that are still lost. They still don’t understand about higher things."
"The purpose of life is to experience everything."
"All the pain and suffering in all creation is for purification and realization comes according to purification."
"Be grateful to exist."
"First you get knowledge, and then you have to reflect upon it."
"Everything is there, you just have to turn it on."
"When I first wake up in the morning, I spend a little while just sitting in that nothingness — in that void, and then the bliss comes."
"Whatever you can perceive is not you. That is something else. You are the perceiver."
"The Real Self does not need enlightenment. It is the cause of enlightenment."
"Most adults don’t sing anymore. We have to break that, and start singing the name of the Almighty One. Try to cultivate the emotions. We have to elevate our emotions to the maximum, to the limit, and that then turns into spiritual bliss."
"With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self useful to himself and all mankind."
"Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!"
"Imagine nothing existed, no creation, no planet, no people, nothing. Just void. Now think about existing and have been given an ego to be here — isn’t that nice?"
"By controlling the breath, the mind also will be controlled."
"With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible."