Devotion is fearlessness, devotion is suffering. If you are afraid of suffering, forget about devotion.

Truth is only one but the ways of realizing it are many.

When a train of problems comes to me, I will regard it as God’s grace.

There are countless asanas and mudras. Yet the ancient teachers have given predominance to only ten. They are: mulabandha, uddiyanabandha, jalandharbandha, mahamudra, mahavedha, mahabandha, viparitakarani, vajroli, shakticalana and khechari. These ten mudras are the immortal experiences of kriya yoga. A true yogi will certainly realize them through proper yoga sadhana.

The mind is a big storehouse of thoughts. Even if you desire to empty that storehouse, you cannot do so. Instead of trying to empty it, think new pure thoughts, and the old impure thoughts will vacate.

Speak the truth pleasantly without causing upset to the listener. Talk less and keep silent where the situation demands.

A unique aspect of yoga sadhana is that the wholehearted practice of any one technique spontaneously elicits the entire spectrum of yogic techniques in a natural way. As a result, the initial stages of yoga prepare the groundwork for the more advanced stages.

Yogic experiences should be regarded as the mercy of the Lord and the grace of the Master.

Yoga is like a temple comprised of eight floors. Yama and niyama constitute the basement and ground floor, while asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana and dhyana constitute the first, second, third, fourth and fifth floors respectively. Savikalpa samadhi is the sixth floor and nirvikalpa samadhi is the seventh floor.

Meditation is the inner journey, the spiritual journey, the journey towards the Absolute or the journey of divine love.

To withdraw the mind from various objects or activities, and to bring it to one object or activity and make it concentrated is known as meditation.

Yoga is known as Brahmavidya (knowledge of the supreme spirit). This great knowledge is ancient and extremely difficult to attain. For its accomplishment, many lifetimes are required. If it were evaluated objectively, it would be defined as the supreme religion, the global religion, the universal religion, the human religion or the eternal religion.

On the yogic path, various experiences occur which help increase the sadhaka’s faith, courage, knowledge, enthusiasm, devotion to his Guru, devotion to yoga, and finally his or her devotion to God. Initially, the sadhaka gains an understanding of the lower chakras; later the understanding of the middle; and finally understanding of the higher chakras unfolds. Besides this, the understanding or various asanas (postures), mudras (gestures), pranayama (breath control), pratyahara (withdrawal from sense objects) and jyoti darshana (vision of divine light) is accessible through experience. Thus the practice of yoga itself unfolds the knowledge of more advanced states of yoga.