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