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In order to satisfy the vital being, it must be offered some activity, and at the same time the mind should be slowly made to take interest in yoga.

Sri Aurobindo
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Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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The purity attained by the embodied being through the Knowledge of God is the supreme purity. The attainment of Self-Knowledge, by means of yoga, is the highest dharma.

Adi Shankara
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Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind. The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.

B.K.S. Iyengar
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The door of Kriya Yoga is open only to earnest seekers and sadhakas.

Mahavatar Babaji
10

The state of Sthirattva, Tranquility, is called Yoga.

Lahiri Mahasaya
10

The goal of Yoga is to have an easeful body, a peaceful mind, and a useful life.

Sri Swami Satchidananda
10

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

B.K.S. Iyengar
10

Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

B.K.S. Iyengar
10

Careful vigilance and observation lead the student to study the incoming thoughts from the unconscious mind. The yogis recall all their samskaras, watch them, examine, and even select and reject them according to their need. Those thought patterns that are disturbing are rejected by the yogis, and those that are helpful are strengthened. A deep study of these three states-waking, dreaming, and sleeping-reveals that, with the help and practice of yoga nidra, one can go beyond all the levels of the unconscious.

Swami Rama
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The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

Patanjali
9

With desires, Hatha yoga does not work. Today no one really knows Hatha yoga. It can't work through books. They used to fast and use herbs.

Neem Karoli Baba
9

Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.

B.K.S. Iyengar
9

Saints did Jap (japa) and Sadhana for 10,000 years… only then they could succeed in Jap, Meditation and Yoga. But people want to be expert within 5-7 months only.

Neem Karoli Baba
8

Equanimity of mind is Yoga. (Bhagavad Gita)

Sri Swami Satchidananda
8

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.

Swami Kripalvananda
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We do yoga to make life more beautiful.. to stop misery from entering our world.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
7

You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of life.

Sivananda Saraswati
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

B.K.S. Iyengar
7

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.

Swami Kripalvananda
7

Yoga is not about the body; it’s about the removal of the ego.

Dnyaneshwar
7

Live your life without hurting anybody. Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your goal. This is what I call nisarga yoga, the Natural yoga. It is the art of living in peace and harmony, in friendliness and love. The fruit of it is happiness, uncaused and endless.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Do you really want to be a yogi? Do you really want inner transformation? A piece of iron associated with magnet is changed into a magnet. It behaves like a magnet. If you really want the beauty of yoga, then be constantly associated with God. There is no separation between you and God. Can a wave ever think that it has a separate existence from the ocean? The wave is born in the ocean, lives in the ocean, and ultimately merges in the ocean. Ocean and waves are one and always have been one. Perceive this Yoga, this unity, this association, identity and oneness with Him. Your everything is God. Every aspect of your life is God. Please follow your Master. Practice the technique of Kriya Yoga daily, regularly and sincerely. This technique is itself divine. It will make your more divine and realized.

Paramahamsa Prajnanananda
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