Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
-
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
-
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
-
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
-
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
-
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
-
Where there is yoga,
-
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.
-
Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes. Just keep working. The soul has no age. It doesn't die. Only the body decays. And yet, we must never forget the body, since it is the garden we must cherish and cultivate.
-
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
-
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
-
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
-
Action is movement with intelligence
-
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
-
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
-
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
-
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
-
As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
-
Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.
-
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
-
The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.
-
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
-
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
-
There is no difference in our souls...That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves -- our cultures and classes. There are no divisions, and we talk mind to mind, soul to soul. We are no different in our deepest needs. We are all humans.
-
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.