B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 8

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• When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul

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  Soul, Mind, Stills

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.158, Rodale

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• The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.

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  Needs, Body, Spirit

  "Astadala Yogamala: Collected Works". Volume 2,

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• It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.

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  Inspiring, Art, Yoga

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• The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.

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  Relief, Body, Painting

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.134, Shambhala Publications

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• As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.

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  Yoga, Order, Essence

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• Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with life-with how he can use his life for the betterment of humanity. Having undergone various types of pain in his life and having acquired a certain mastery over pain, he develops compassion to help society and maintains himself in purity and holiness. The yogi has no interest beyond that.

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  Pain, Compassion, Humanity

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• To do is hard, but to teach is still harder. Do not teach only to teach. Teach to improve the pupil. To be a teacher requires tremendous, vigorous discipline on oneself. We are teachers because somebody demands it from us. But the teacher should first rub his own self, and teach afterwards

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  Teacher, Self, Discipline

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• Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

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  Yoga, Practice, Effort

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.54, Shambhala Publications

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• Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.

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  Ignorance, Ends

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• The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

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  Practice, Mind, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.137, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.

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  Spiritual, Hard Work, Humility

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• We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

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  Attention, Wavering, Fool

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.13, Rodale

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• In order to find out how to reveal our innermost Being, the sages explored the various sheaths of existence, starting from body and progressing through mind and intelligence, and ultimately to the soul. The yogic journey guides us from our periphery, the body, to the center ofour being, the soul. The aim is to integrate the variouslayers so that the inner divinity shines out as through clear glass.

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  Journey, Glasses, Order

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.3, Rodale

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• Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.

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  Next, Willpower, Easier

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.56, Rodale

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• A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head

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  Feet, Brain, Yogi

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• The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.

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  Mean, Journey, Soul

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.22, Rodale

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• Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen with the eyes, but the back body can only be felt. That's why I say these are the most advanced postures, where the mind begins to look at the back.

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  Eye, Mind, Looks

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• If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.

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  Yoga, Practice, Self

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• The pose begins when you want to leave it.

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  Yoga, Want, Yoga Practice

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• Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.

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  Yoga, Community, Growth

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• Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.

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  Body, Asana, Layers

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• While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.

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  Mean, Sleep, Space

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• The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

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  Yoga, Self, Ego

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.89, Rodale

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• How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?

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  Inspiring, Toes, Bigs

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• Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.

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  Practice, Research, Body

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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