I take the dust from the lotus feet of the guru to cleanse the mirror of my mind. So begins a sacred ode to Hanuman.

Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived. The erroneous thoughts of man result from imperfections in his discernment. The goal of Yoga Science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may mirror the Divine vision in the Universe.

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.

In the Gita, the Lord has assured us, “I am the well-wisher of all.” So consider the Lord as your own and have no fear. My child, whatever pain and suffering come to you, you must tolerate and pass through it; therefore, keep your mind on Him.

All problems are illusions of the mind.

Experience shows that Being is the essential, basic nature of the mind; but, since It commonly remains in tune with the senses projecting outwards toward the manifested realms of creation, the mind misses or fails to appreciate its own essential nature, just as the eyes are unable to see themselves.

The best service you can do is to keep your thoughts on God. Keep God in mind every minute.

How do you go about finding anything? By keeping your mind and heart on it. Interest there must be and steady remembrance. To remember what needs to be remembered is the secret of success. You come to it through earnestness.

When we look for things there is nothing but mind, and when we look for mind there is nothing but things.

Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.

As long as the mind is there, your body and your world are there. Your world is mind-made, subjective, enclosed within the mind, fragmentary, temporary, personal, hanging on the thread of memory.

Mind, word and act; all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play; that is the genuine path.

It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord.

Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind.

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

Blessed is the mind that jumps over and beyond its own conditioning and lands again into its natural state of unmoving awareness.

If you use your mind as a memory bank, the past will repeat itself in cycles. If your mind becomes pure attention, you will know everything that is worth knowing.

To rise above the modifications of your mind, when you cease your mind, when you cease to be a part of your mind, that is yoga.

Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind and your whole being to it immediately.

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.

He who knows that all things are his mind, That all with which he meets are friendly, Is ever joyful.

One who has never known the turbulence of life, in whom the petals of the mysterious flower within have never opened; such a one may seem happy, may seem a saint, his single track mind may impress the multitude with its power - but he is ill equipped for life's true adventure into the infinite.

Just as you wash your hands before eating, clear your mind before engaging with the world.