B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 2

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• You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement. Do not look at others' bodies with envy or with superiority. All people are born with different constitutions. Never compare with others. Each one's capacities are a function of his or her internal strength. Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

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  Mistake, Yoga, People

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B. K. S. Iyengar, 2005.

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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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  Yoga, Arrows, Soul

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• Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

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  Yoga, Discipline, Soul

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.62, Rodale

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• True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

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  Inspiring, Unbroken, Awareness

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.13, Rodale

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• 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.

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  Yoga, Class, Differences

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• Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

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  Inspiring, Capacity, Same Mistakes

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.60, Rodale

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• You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

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  Life, Yoga, Heart

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

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• This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

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  Weed, Yoga, Garden

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.41, Rodale

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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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  Yoga, Light, Special

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.21, Rodale

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• Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.

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  Sunlight, Plant, Fulfillment

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale

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• Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.

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  Inspiring, Stress, Struggle

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale

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• In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

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  Soul, Mind, Body

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.45, Shambhala Publications

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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.

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  Yoga, Exercise, Perfection

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• Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power

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  Humility, Love Is, Abundance

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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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  Self, Worry, Attention

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.34, Rodale

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• Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.

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  Inspiring, Jobs, Focus

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• Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

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  Light, Practice, Inner Beauty

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• Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

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  Flower, Yoga, Yield

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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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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  Inspiring, Yoga, Past

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• If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

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  Light, Brain, Armpits

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.141, Shambhala Publications

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• Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

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  Yoga, Faces, Helping

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• Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.

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  Receptivity

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.12, Rodale

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• He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with respect and attention. His words will be remembered, for they will be good and true. When one who is established in truth prays with a pure heart, then things he really needs come to him when they are really needed: he does not have to run after them. The man firmly established in truth gets the fruit of his actions without apparently doing anything. God, the source of all truth, supplies his needs and looks after his welfare.

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  Running, Truth, Heart

  "Astadala Yogamala Volume-2: Collected Works".

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• We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.

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  Cells, Blood, Practice

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.258, Rodale

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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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  Art, Yoga, Soul

  B. K. S. Iyengar (1985). “The art of Yoga”, Allen & Unwin Australia

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