Quotes from Jaggi Vasudev

Everything that can be created has already been done in creation. As human beings, we can only imitate, not create as such.

The moment you function in the world without being concerned about what is happening to life around you, you are a Criminal.

This is not just about talking or teaching a practice - this is about releasing an explosive energy of ecstasy.

Yoga is not a belief system - it is not a new religion, philosophy or a teaching but a technology. I call it a technology because you don't have to believe it; you just have to learn to use it. It does not matter what your religion is, what your colour is, what your race is, or where you come from. If you learn to use yoga, it works for you.

Yoga means union. Union means the boundaries of the individual self-dissolve, and you experience existence as yourself.

Yoga is not Indian; it does not belong to India.

Vijji was not an accomplished yogi. She did what she did with just the sheer intensity of her emotions.

Work has become like prison because of the way we treat it. If you are trapped with people who you do not care for, it feels like a concentration camp.

Most creatures in nature die consciously. Cobras, for instance, choose a particular place on a particular branch of the tree. Many a times, I would try to force-feed them out of my misplaced compassion, but they would just puke and go back to sit on the same branch.

Trees are our closest relatives. What trees exhale, we inhale; what we exhale, they inhale. They are half our respiratory system.

If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream. Truth is a fringe phenomenon.

Somebody accumulates a lot of muscle and think himself to be a big man. But this big man is only big when all around him are smaller.

India's rivers are undergoing a drastic change. Our perennial rivers are becoming seasonal. Many of the smaller rivers have already vanished.

Yoga is not a practice - the word 'yoga' means union. It does not mean standing on your head, twisting your body, or holding your breath. Yoga means to know the union of life. When you experience everything as a part of yourself, you are in yoga.

If you listen to your body, your body will clearly tell you what kind of food it is happy with.

To make any endeavor truly successful, integrity, inspiration, and insight are integral.

Spiritual process is not for the dead or the dying; it is for the living who want to become fully alive in all dimensions of life.

Being on the spiritual path means you want to be a success in an existential sphere, not just on a social level.

Spirituality is ultimate greed. You don't just want a piece of creation - you want the source of creation.

Communism is a way of thinking. Socialism is wimpy communism. When you don't have the courage to become a communist, you become a socialist.

Essentially, all life on the planet is coming from the earth. Whether it is a human being or an earthworm, it is the same soil.

There are no problems in the world. There are just situations. Some situations you know how to handle. Some you do not know how to handle.

There is no good leader. First of all, if you think you are a leader, you are just messed up in your head. People should think you are a leader. If you think you are a big success, again, you are messed up. Other people should think you are a success.

I do not understand why people want to control their minds. I want them to liberate their minds.