The sum and substance of my teaching is this: Don't be dishonest to your vital breath; worship that only, abide in that only, accept it as yourself. And when you worship in this manner, it can lead you anywhere, to any heights- this is the quintessence of my talks.

Who reminds you to breathe and to beat your heart? Something is there, taking care.

The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his body; obviously he would not pay solicitous homage to a clod of clay. A human being falsely identifies himself with his physical form because the life currents from the soul are breath-conveyed into the flesh with such intense power that man mistakes the effect for a cause, and idolatrously imagines the body to have life of its own.

There is no need to breath in or out. It is a much happier state; tranquility is there; this is Brahma.

By reflection, reasoning and instructions of teachers, the truth is known. Not by ablutions, not by making donations, nor by performing hundreds of breath control exercises.

Fix your attention in the pituitary or in the fontanel, from where the power of God is pulling breath. Be the silent witness of the breath of God.

Being unconditionally happy is a practice: "Come what may, today I'm going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath."

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive—that you can touch the miracle of being alive—then that is a kind of enlightenment. Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.

We need to go back to our relationship with nature and understand that those trees are our lungs. The earth is recycling as our body. The rivers are our circulation. This air is our breath. And the star stuff, the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen that comes from distant galaxies is actually the molecules of your body.

Exhaust your breath in practicing Kriya. Eventually breath will be Sthira, Tranquil.

When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into One, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.

Vital breath (energy of prana) is the supreme power of man.

We rarely think and act consciously. Animals have no choice and simply live by instinct. On the contrary, human beings should be conscious of whatever they are doing, because they do have a choice, discrimination, intelligence, and rationality. How to carry out all activities in consciousness? Spiritual life is a conscious lifestyle and it begins with conscious breathing. If you watch your breath and you are conscious of each inhalation and exhalation, you will be conscious of each thought and activity. Breath is constantly going in and out in the background of all your activities. If you are conscious of your breath, and if you constantly watch your breath, you will succeed in being conscious of all your thoughts and all your activities.

When you are feeling very passionate, lust, sex takes over. Just try to be tranquil in the breathing, and you feel sex has disappeared.

Because of restless breath, the mind cannot remain steady at any fixed point.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.

...once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a fortress and defending yourself behind it will only make you more vulnerable. Healing your own heart is the single most powerful thing you can do to change the world. Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.

If you desire a mango at the moment of death, you’ll be born an insect. If you even desire the next breath, you will take birth again.

As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.

When your body is steady and straight, your breath will come rhythmically and your life will be beautiful.

If the fruit will be detached from the tree, it will not ripen. If we are the fruit, the guru is the tree, then we should through breath attach to the guru.