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Self-analysis and self-observation are the keys to progress on the spiritual path. If you do not practice self-observation your decisions will not be the right ones, your conclusions will not be true. You cannot come to accurate self-observation and analysis immediately. It is a gradual process. Peace of mind, complete honesty, and objectivity are essential. When you are able to observe everything that happens in your life with keen awareness and draw inspiration from each action, then you will really be able to grow.

Swami Kripalvananda
16

Even a little practice of this dharma (religious rite or righteous action) will save you from great fear (mahato bhayat)' — the colossal sufferings inherent in the repeated cycles of birth and death.

Mahavatar Babaji
15

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

Eckhart Tolle
15

Let others go as they please, but you continue to practice Kriya; It will render you good; You will achieve the state of Tranquility, Sthirattva.

Lahiri Mahasaya
15

Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God.

Sivananda Saraswati
15

All Devatas, gods, practice these Kriyas. One who practices Kriya is a Devata.

Lahiri Mahasaya
15

Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it.

Shunryu Suzuki
15

There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
15

Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.

George Gurdjieff
15

If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.

B.K.S. Iyengar
15

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

Aristotle
15

Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation . . .

Maimonides
15

A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to anyone in a harsh manner. Those who always indulge in faultfinding will never achieve spiritual progress. Do not harm anyone by thoughts, words or deeds. Be compassionate towards all beings. Ahimsa (nonviolence) is the highest dharma (duty).

Mata Amritanandamayi
15

In the Bhagavad Gita (9:33), the Lord said, "anityam-asukham lokam-imam prapya bhajasva mam." This world is transitory; this we all know. Asukham, there is so much misery and no hope of finding happiness in this world. The only true happiness is in spiritual practice. Hence, the message of the Lord is, “Why do you toil so much in a world where there is no chance of gaining anything?”

Sanyal Mahasaya
15

What kind of Yoga do you want to practice, the Yoga of getting or the Yoga of giving?... One enslaves, the other liberates.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
14

The senses are obstructions; Transcending them by the practice of Praanam and Omkar Kriyas, today, I have to dissolve perfectly. This is the only work for me.

Lahiri Mahasaya
14

Having practiced Kriya, one should hold onto the After-effect-poise of Kriya.

Lahiri Mahasaya
14

Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.

Ramana Maharshi
14

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

Sathya Sai Baba
14

Do not be idle. Practice Kriya. Do not wait for advice to practice Kriya.

Lahiri Mahasaya
14

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

Shunryu Suzuki
14

I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.

Ram Dass
14

Even highly advanced yogis can become the victims of ego. For this reason one must develop devotion to the Lord, along with the practice of meditation, to eliminate any downfall.

Sanyal Mahasaya
14