Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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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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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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You know the known, so go a little into the unknown. The mind that is caught up in the known - extended a little beyond reason. The moment you go beyond , you move in the soul. Releasing the bondage of your mind to extend further, reach the unknown a little more. The further you go, you realize that the known is limited and the unknown is vast.
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Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Yoga takes us to an unconditioned freedom, because yoga sees even good habits as a form of conditioning or limitation.
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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Asanas keep your body, as well as your mind, healthy and active
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Breath is the king of mind.
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As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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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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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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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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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.