B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 9

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• We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

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  Eye, Two, Body

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.124, Shambhala Publications

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• The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.

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  Effort, Balance, Modern Life

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2012). “Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, p.32, HarperCollins UK

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• One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A #‎ yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years.

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  Teaching, Writing, Self

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• The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.

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  Horse, Hands, Breathing

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.12, Rodale

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• You have to get rid of borders, limits, and classifications; then light comes. We see everything on the screen of our ideas. We must get rid of that screen to be able to see what is behind. X's ideas are limited, that is why he remains on the surface. Y got rid of the limits, so she always goes to the depths. We should always meet people and new subjects with no set frame of mind. We have to live like that even after long acquaintance. We must get rid of every set idea to approach everything and everyone with love.

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  Light, Ideas, Long

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• Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light. If the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain, there is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force.

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  Light, Brain, Done

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.39, Rodale

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• Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

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  Real, Men, Discrimination

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• Move from the known to the unknown.

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  Moving, Unknown Worlds, Shack

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.22, Shambhala Publications

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• Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes. Just keep working. The soul has no age. It doesn't die. Only the body decays. And yet, we must never forget the body, since it is the garden we must cherish and cultivate.

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  Garden, Worry, Soul

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.104, Rodale

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• Lack of knowledge is the
  source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted
  or fully active.

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  Pain, Sorrow, Dormant

  B.K.S Iyengar (2001). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-3”, p.165, Allied Publishers

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• Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.

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  Giving, Doe, Withholding

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.79, Shambhala Publications

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• You know the known, so go a little into the unknown. The mind that is caught up in the known - extended a little beyond reason. The moment you go beyond , you move in the soul. Releasing the bondage of your mind to extend further, reach the unknown a little more. The further you go, you realize that the known is limited and the unknown is vast.

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  Moving, Soul, Mind

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• The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.

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  Life, Yoga, Reality

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.61, Rodale

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• Approach each asana with freshness every day.

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  Asana, Approach, Freshness

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• People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.

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  People, Age, Body

  "B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Wisdom and Practice".

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• When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.

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  Body, Asana, Posture

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• The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.

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  Past, Forget, Yogi

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• As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.

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  Uplifting, Rivers, Water

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• Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.

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  Breathing, Mind, Pranayama

  "Astadala Yogamala". Volume 2,

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• Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

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  Yoga, Humility, Love Is

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• You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion

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  Heart, Thinking, People

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.63, Rodale

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• Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

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  Together, Asana, Activity

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• It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.

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  Yoga, Discovery, Appreciate

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.10, Rodale

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• We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.

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  Party, Two, Mind

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.28, Rodale

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• Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

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  Life, Yoga, Sweat

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.45, Rodale

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