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