"The secret to success is constant practice."
Quotes
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"The purpose of life is to experience everything."
"See yourself in the practice you are not able to access right now. Imagine yourself in it."
"Visualize yourself doing it. If you believe you are full of doubt, then you will be filled with doubt."
"What is the Self inside? It’s the same as God. It doesn’t involve any enjoyment because there is no personal self there."
"You need to have angry determination."
"The Real Self does not need enlightenment. It is the cause of enlightenment."
"All actions have the perfect reaction."
"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."
"Yogis love to be alone."
"Pleasure and pain are the mind and the senses."
"Your worst enemy is your own self when you are not under control."
"All living beings fear violence."
"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."
"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."
"Do selfless work, and don’t even think about the spiritual benefits."
"You have to get serious about your practice!"
"When you are quiet, you see everything with love."
"When you have fortitude, you stand supreme under any conditions."
"Be a witness of body and mind activities."
"Only knowledge can relieve the pain and suffering."
"Get Self Knowledge."
"By controlling the breath, the mind also will be controlled."
"Whatever you are doing, feel that all beings are enjoying through your senses."
"Intelligence itself can be perceived. That’s how you know you are not it."
"Always stay alert, radiating love and peace 24 hours a day, every day."
"Everything is perfect and nothing is permanent."
"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."
"Everything returns in mysterious ways — it’s the Law of Karma."
"Be receptive to the infinite wisdom and intuition within you."
"The Supreme Teacher is within you. By constant attention to Him, you’ll be stuffed with bliss and joy."
"Be compassionate and surrender your ego. Be always content, a happy soul, and surrender to your own Self."
"You have to have strong desire for liberation."
"Every time you have a chance, go within and do your meditation."
"Whatever you can perceive is not you. That is something else. You are the perceiver."
"All these fancy poses have nothing to do with enlightenment."
"The other self is your worst enemy."
"The purpose of meditation is to remove your doubts."
"With practice, you’ll be able to hold your mind for a long time on one thing."
"Learn how to remain still, without any action during the Asanas."
"The greatest of all impurities is ignorance of your own True Self."
"You are the master of your senses."
"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?"
"Three times blessed are those that can copy the teacher physically, mentally and spiritually."
"Your goal is Self Knowledge; your Guru is here (at the center of the chest)."
"Go beyond the fears and doubts."
"Stay truthful and blissful."
"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."
"Your mind is going to be busy with the senses. Remain unconcerned."
"Bless everything. You are a portion of God."
"Keep your thoughts pure."
"You should practice relaxation every day."
"Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!"
"Real Yogis love the absence of activities."
"Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart."
"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."
"How you eat and what you eat has a great effect on your future state of health."
"Yoga truly means to be respectful and compassionate to all living beings and to be free from all sorrow. Who wouldn’t want that?"
"Purify your heart and lose your ego."
"Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything."
"The amount of happiness that you are experiencing right now is due to your previous actions."
"We are eternal. We are immutable."
"Do the practice because it has to be done."
"If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content."
"When you are full of love, calm, serene and realize the Laws of Karma, all these doesn’t affect you much."
"The secret is to have firm, regular concentration on one thing."
"If you see yourself everywhere, that is a sign of Self-realization."
"When you are self-controlled, you like yourself."
"Belief is not enough, you have to experience."
"The calmer you are, the more craving-free you are."
"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."
"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."
"Can you see God in every person?"
"Suffering is good."
"People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice."
"Yogis are always content. They do their best, but they are not worried about the results."
"To conserve energy, observe silence after the class."
"You have to go to the very edge again and again. That’s how eventually you go beyond."
"Bring your attention to your heart. Everything is within."
"Be grateful to exist."
"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 Spiritual Sun already blazes within."
"Remember, everybody passes through the same thing."
"Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence."
"With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible."
"The most important prayer is to say thank you, even for the air you breathe."
"Everything is perfect. That is the beauty of yoga: to bring our consciousness to this level."
"Live the golden rule. Purify the heart. Lose the ego."
"First you get knowledge, and then you have to reflect upon it."
"Do it because it has to be done and expect nothing."
"Everything depends on your mental attitude."
"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."
"Everything is there, you just have to turn it on."
"All the pain and suffering in all creation is for purification and realization comes according to purification."
"Relaxation is the best antidote to impurities."
"You become what you believe."
"Yoga without the Yamas is like spaghetti without the sauce."
"Do all the postures very slowly, without pain or straining. Be nice to all."
"Pretend that you are already there: perfect. You are just trying to gather evidence."
"By realizing what you really are, that triggers the highest senses of perception."