Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
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Yoga is a means and an end.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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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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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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Do not live in the future, only the present is real
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.