Quotes About Patanjali

The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.

With great respect and love, NOW the blessings of Yoga instruction are offered.

Yoga was originated in India around 5500 BCE. Vedas were written during 1500 to 1200 BCE and the Patanjali's yoga sutra was written around 500 BCE.

What Patanjali said applies to me and will apply to you. He wrote, "With this truth bearing light will begin a new life. Old unwanted impression are discarded and we are protected from the damaging effects of new experiences." (Yoga Sutras, Chapter 1, Verse 50)

Patanjali's method for achieving insight is far from the mystical ecstasy of a poet like St. John of the Cross or the ritual ecstasy of a shaman in a trance. It is instead a contemplative intensity that unbinds the constraints of everyday experience.

I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

The ancient rishi Patanjali defines "yoga" as "control of the fluctuations of the mind-stuff.

The ancient rishi Patanjali6 defines yoga as "neutralisation of the alternating waves in consciousness.