Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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What I was is unimportant, what I am now is important.
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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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For me there were only two ways on the precipice - either I have to fall in or I have to fall out, to accept or say good-bye. The moment I crossed the precipice, it no longer was a discipline - it became a passion, an urge to pursue. Then I experienced freedom. Freedom comes when the discipline revolutionizes the discipline as a passion for the art.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you must go back so you can create it at will. Samadhi is the beginning of spiritual growth, not the end. You must always be questioning. Enlightenment comes as an accident at first, then you have to learn to recreate it.
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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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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.
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The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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There must be relaxation in full extension.
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You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.
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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.