Patañjali Quotes

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By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure.

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The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.

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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.

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It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

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The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

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Liberation of the seer is the result of the dissassociation of the seer and the seen.

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Progress in meditation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

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Realization is experienced by making the Lord the motive of all actions.

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When a man becomes steadfast in his abstention from harming others, then all living creatures will cease to feel enmity in his presence

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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.

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When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.

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Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention.

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Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery.

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Egoism is the identification of the power that knows with the instruments of knowing.

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In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.

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By study comes communion with the Lord in the Form most admired.

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When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

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When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms.

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For one who sees the distinction, there is no further confusing of the mind with the self.

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Restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind,... the seer dwells in his own nature. Otherwise he is of the same form as the thought-streams.

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