B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.

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  Song, Yoga, Cells

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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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• Learning is as much an art as teaching

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  Art, Teaching

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.

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  Inspiring, Art, Teaching

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• Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

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  Yoga, Mirrors, Looks

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• The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

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  Lakes, Self, Mind

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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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  Inspiring, Disappointment, Practice

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2005). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.224, Rodale

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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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• 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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• 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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• The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.

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  Yoga, Simple, Practice

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

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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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• 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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• The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.

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  Rip, Yoga, Practice

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• Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being

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  Spiritual, Yoga, Men

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