Kriya Yoga Quotes
Eat food in such a way that your body will be free from diseases.
If one meditates always on the Lord, all his other works are taken care of by the Lord Himself.
Lord Krishna... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of dharma ("religion")-for it alone permanently uproots the cause of man's threefold suffering and reveals to him his true nature of Bliss. Self-realization is yoga or "oneness" with truth-the direct perception or experience of truth by the all-knowing intuitive faculty of the soul.
The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
Breath and mind are correlated. When the restlessness of the prana disappears, life becomes divine.
Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
Exhaust your breath in practicing Kriya. Eventually breath will be Sthira, Tranquil.
Rising and falling are your companions. Thus, always remember to be humble.
Ignorance is the perception of the nonexistent, and the nonperception of the Existent.
Very few, either by the virtue of their own good deeds or through the grace of the realized masters, can find the source of peace, love, and happiness within.
The only thing I expect from you is that you will become so absorbed in Kriya that you will be atmarama [one who rejoices in the Self or in the Supreme Spirit].
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves.
Mind should not be made outward. What's the benefit if the mind and the eyes are tranquil and not the body? Today, the breath does not come out, and a lot of addictions are generated.
If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The great ones wouldn't urge you to became better, for what would be the use if, good or bad, we are all junked at the end of life? What would be the value of the scriptures? There would be no justice whatsoever if this present existence is all there is to each individual life. What of those souls who lived only a few years, or lived in blind or crippled bodies?
Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days. And you say you are tired?
By the practice of Pranayama, ignorance is dispelled and Knowledge of the Self reveals.
One should practice Pranayama very seriously and sincerely.
I am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity.
Scrutinizingly observe. If bad or negative thoughts come, return them back to God.
Just as the sun and its energy are one, Brahman and the elements are also one.
Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections...
Although He is formless, God said He made us in His image. We live as form, but the body has a formless counterpart. Behind this visible body there is the presence of the invisible soul.
If one moves the breath (practices Pranayama) always, breath ceases and becomes tranquil, sthira.