Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
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Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible, in a sustainable form, our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don't blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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Breath is the king of mind.