Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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To be dull is easy,
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You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.
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In forward bends, one uses the outer mind while in backbends the outer mind is silenced and the inner mind is made to work.
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Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed and co-ordinated functioning of his body, senses, mind, reason and Self.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.
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After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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To master fear is the most important battle to win.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.