Yoga Quotes - Page 5

• Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Reality, Self, Meditation

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• In the unspoilt state of innocent childhood, practically every human being has a natural and direct feeling for the existence of God Almighty. But as time passes, this faith may be deflected and people start believing in other powers - political, economic or social.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Believe

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• Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

  Ill Health, Needs, Debt

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• What is meditation? When you empty yourself and let the universe come in you.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Bhajans

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• Where is the delusion when truth is known? Where is the disease when the mind is clear? Where is death when the Breath is controlled? Therefore surrender to Yoga.

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

  Mind, Disease, Surrender

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• You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.

  Rajneesh

  Success, Frustrated, Mind

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• Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

  Voltaire

  Thinking, Meditation Practice, Knowing

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• Do not ask for less responsibility to be free and relaxed-ask for more strength!

  Sheng-yen

  Responsibility, Wellness, Relaxed

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• The truth which can be actualized after Self Realization is that you are not this body, this mind, this conditioning from the past, this ego, these emotions, but that you are the pure spirit.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Past

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• Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Success, Practice, Theory

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• Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Self, Perfect, Humanity

  "The Energetic Anatomy of a Yogi: Healing the Emotional and Mental Body Through Yoga". Book by Paul G. Balch, Jaylee Balch, p. 23, 2013.

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• Would you rather suffer 90 minutes or 90 years?

  Bikram Choudhury

  Years, Suffering, Minutes

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• Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining.

  Annie Besant

  Drifting, Applied Science, Dreamy

  Annie Besant (2016). “The Nature and Practice of Yoga”, p.13, BookRix

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• When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Body, Artistic, Harmony

  Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.71, Allied Publishers

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• The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

  Jack Kornfield

  Matter, Moments, Fantastic

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.14, Random House

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• I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Rainy Day, Hands

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• Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Mirrors, Looks

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• Only after Self-Realisation and only then, is there a direct experience of the Spirit. It then manifests its powers in the human personality, and it's light enlightens the consciousness into a new awareness. The Divine intelligence of the Spirit radiates on all sides.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Light

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• Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Thinking, Attachment, Needs

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• Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their Self Realization.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Self, Meditation, Realization

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• Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you. In your central nervous system and in your conscious mind, you must feel the existence of the spirit.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Meditation, Mind, Spirit

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• Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer, Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.

  Kripalvananda

  Depression, Spiritual, Song

  "The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom" edited by Kelsie Besaw, (p. 23), January 2, 2014.

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• Yoga ia a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.

  Erich Schiffmann

  Inspirational, Truth, Moving

  Erich Schiffmann (2013). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stilln”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.

  Rodney Yee

  Resistance, Liberation, Areas

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• A star is shining within us and that is our Spirit.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Stars

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