Quotes from Patanjali

Every morning put your mind into your heart and stand in the presence of God all the day long.

Egotism is but the perversion of spiritual being. Ambition is the inversion of spiritual power. Passion is the distortion of love. The mortal is the limitation of the immortal. When these false images give place to true, then the spiritual man stands forth luminous, as the sun, when the clouds disperse. 4.

Be happy for those who are happy, be compassionate toward those who are unhappy, be delighted for those who are virtuous, and be indifferent toward the wicked.

It is the power to focus the consciousness on a given spot, and hold it there Attention is the first and indispensable step in all knowledge.

La amistad, la compasión y la alegría clarifican y tranquilizan la mente. Deben practicarse tanto en la felicidad como en la desgracia, tanto con quienes nos ayudan como con aquellos que nos perjudican.

Ist?rab?n sebepleri her ÅŸeyi olduÄŸu gibi görmemek, 'Ben' hissi, ba??ml?l?k, hoÅŸlanmama ve yaÅŸama tutunmad?r.

La vie est incertaine, les changements engendrent de la peur et les impressions latentes sont sources de nombreuses douleurs.

La raison d'être du monde est d'être source d'expériences multiples et d'ainsi nous mener ultimement à la libération.

If all a man's faculties can be concentrated on one point, it will be like a spike; a blunt object cannot penetrate an obstacle, it has to be sharpened, and then it can easily thrust its way through anything.

4.33 The sequence of mutation occurs in every second, yet is comprehensible only at the end of a series.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

Everything is sorrow for the wise.

Sloth is the great enemy -- the inspirer of cowardice, irresolution, self-pitying grief, and trivial, hairsplitting doubts. Sloth may also be a psychological cause of sickness. It is tempting to relax from our duties, take refuge in ill-health and hide under a nice warm blanket.

Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and hate are to be stilled by meditation, by letting heart and mind dwell in spiritual life, by lifting up the heart to the strong, silent life above, which rests in the stillness of eternal love, and needs no harsh vibration to convince it of true being.

When one is confirmed in celibacy, spiritual vigor is gained.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

Estas fluctuaciones mentales se caracterizan por el placer y el dolor, y así parece que la conciencia experimente placer y dolor, cuando en realidad el placer y el dolor son propiedades de la mente y no de la conciencia.

Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.