"Do selfless work, and don’t even think about the spiritual benefits."
Quotes
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"The Real Self does not need enlightenment. It is the cause of enlightenment."
"Everything is perfect and nothing is permanent."
"Your worst enemy is your own self when you are not under control."
"The amount of happiness that you are experiencing right now is due to your previous actions."
"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?"
"All these fancy poses have nothing to do with enlightenment."
"Pretend that you are already there: perfect. You are just trying to gather evidence."
"All the pain and suffering in all creation is for purification and realization comes according to purification."
"The secret to success is constant practice."
"When you are full of love, calm, serene and realize the Laws of Karma, all these doesn’t affect you much."
"Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!"
"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 have fortitude, you stand supreme under any conditions."
"Get Self Knowledge."
"Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart."
"You have to go to the very edge again and again. That’s how eventually you go beyond."
"Intelligence itself can be perceived. That’s how you know you are not it."
"How you eat and what you eat has a great effect on your future state of health."
"The purpose of life is to experience everything."
"If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content."
"Yogis are always content. They do their best, but they are not worried about the results."
"You should practice relaxation every day."
"Purify your heart and lose your ego."
"Learn how to remain still, without any action during the Asanas."
"First you get knowledge, and then you have to reflect upon it."
"The most important prayer is to say thank you, even for the air you breathe."
"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."
"Yoga without the Yamas is like spaghetti without the sauce."
"Bless everything. You are a portion of God."
"Belief is not enough, you have to experience."
"Every time you have a chance, go within and do your meditation."
"With practice, you’ll be able to hold your mind for a long time on one thing."
"Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything."
"Visualize yourself doing it. If you believe you are full of doubt, then you will be filled with doubt."
"Be grateful to exist."
"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 have to get serious about your practice!"
"Everything returns in mysterious ways — it’s the Law of Karma."
"Yogis love to be alone."
"Be receptive to the infinite wisdom and intuition within you."
"Relaxation is the best antidote to impurities."
"Yoga truly means to be respectful and compassionate to all living beings and to be free from all sorrow. Who wouldn’t want that?"
"Everything is there, you just have to turn it on."
"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."
"Your mind is going to be busy with the senses. Remain unconcerned."
"You have to have strong desire for liberation."
"All actions have the perfect reaction."
"See yourself in the practice you are not able to access right now. Imagine yourself in it."
"Whatever you can perceive is not you. That is something else. You are the perceiver."
"To conserve energy, observe silence after the class."
"Only knowledge can relieve the pain and suffering."
"Whatever you are doing, feel that all beings are enjoying through your senses."
"Everything depends on your mental attitude."
"You need to have angry determination."
"The calmer you are, the more craving-free you are."
"If you see yourself everywhere, that is a sign of Self-realization."
"Be compassionate and surrender your ego. Be always content, a happy soul, and surrender to your own Self."
"Real Yogis love the absence of activities."
"Be a witness of body and mind activities."
"Do the practice because it has to be done."
"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."
"Keep your thoughts pure."
"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."
"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 goal is Self Knowledge; your Guru is here (at the center of the chest)."
"The Spiritual Sun already blazes within."
"You are the master of your senses."
"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."
"People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice."
"Bring your attention to your heart. Everything is within."
"Always stay alert, radiating love and peace 24 hours a day, every day."
"The greatest of all impurities is ignorance of your own True Self."
"The purpose of meditation is to remove your doubts."
"The secret is to have firm, regular concentration on one thing."
"Go beyond the fears and doubts."
"You become what you believe."
"Do all the postures very slowly, without pain or straining. Be nice to all."
"We are eternal. We are immutable."
"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."
"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."
"Three times blessed are those that can copy the teacher physically, mentally and spiritually."
"All living beings fear violence."
"With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible."
"Live the golden rule. Purify the heart. Lose the ego."
"By controlling the breath, the mind also will be controlled."
"Do it because it has to be done and expect nothing."
"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."
"Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence."
"Can you see God in every person?"
"Everything is perfect. That is the beauty of yoga: to bring our consciousness to this level."
"Pleasure and pain are the mind and the senses."
"When you are quiet, you see everything with love."
"The other self is your worst enemy."
"Remember, everybody passes through the same thing."
"When you are self-controlled, you like yourself."
"Stay truthful and blissful."
"By realizing what you really are, that triggers the highest senses of perception."
"The Supreme Teacher is within you. By constant attention to Him, you’ll be stuffed with bliss and joy."
"Suffering is good."