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Practice more

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 31, 2010 at 4:47pm

“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.” B.K.S. Iyengar

Practice more

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 31, 2010 at 4:47pm

“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.” B.K.S. Iyengar

Spiritual progress

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 13, 2010 at 4:07pm

‎"The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility." Swami Sivananda

The Breath and God

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 13, 2010 at 3:35pm

‎"Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God." Krishnamacharya

Peace is within

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 26, 2010 at 4:31pm

‎"Peace is within. Search for peace within the chambers of your own heart, through one-pointed concentration and meditation. If you do not find peace there, you will not find it anywhere else." Swami Sivananda.

Love others as the self

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 26, 2010 at 4:30pm

"You can search the whole universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than yourself. Since each and every person is so precious to themselves, let the self-respecting harm no other being." Buddha.

Yoga cure

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 6, 2010 at 11:46pm

"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured." B.K.S. Iyengar.

On Anger

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 6, 2010 at 11:45pm

‎"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving
for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves." Buddha.

Sow flowers

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 21, 2010 at 5:36pm

"Sow flowers to make a garden bloom around you, the thorns you sow will prick your own feet.” Rahman Baba, Sufi poet.

Don't judge

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 21, 2010 at 5:34pm

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Mother Teresa.

The key is in your hand

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 21, 2010 at 5:33pm

‎"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how
to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.
Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except
yourself.” Krishnamurti.

On Meditation

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on August 1, 2010 at 5:34pm

‎"In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is all the becoming, the battle of life, the agony and fear. Meditation is the ending of this space, the ending of the me." J. Krishnamurti

On peace

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 25, 2010 at 10:23pm

‎‎"Peace is a quality of the soul. It fills the pure heart. Peace is in  the heart of a desireless person who has controlled the senses and the mind." Sri Swami Sivananda.

Famous quote

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 25, 2010 at 10:22pm

"There the sun does not shine; nor the moon and the stars; nor do these lightnings shine; nor even this fire. All this shines after that Light; by Its effulgence all this shines." -Katha Upanishad.

Never worry

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 25, 2010 at 10:21pm

‎"All trials and difficulties are temporary. They will pass away. Have faith. Fear not. Worry not. Be cheerful. Contact God by regular Japa, Kirtan and study of holy books." Swami Sivananda.

How to decide your future

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on September 12, 2010 at 7:00pm

What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now . Buddha.

On renouncing things

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 25, 2010 at 10:21pm

“Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.” Swami Sivananda.

Be Happy

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 25, 2010 at 10:20pm

‎"Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and  go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree, in the midst of them all." Buddha.

The difference practice makes

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on September 12, 2010 at 6:59pm

People sometimes ask me what difference practice has made in my life. The answer is it’s changed everything for me. And, in a funny way, it’s changed nothing. Lama Surya Das.

There is a field

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on September 12, 2010 at 6:58pm

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. Rumi.

quotes (46)

Practice more

Practice more

Spiritual progress

‎"The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility." Swami Sivananda

The Breath and God

‎"Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God." Krishnamacharya

Peace is within

Love others as the self

Yoga cure

"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured." B.K.S. Iyengar.

On Anger

‎"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving
for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves." Buddha.

Sow flowers

Don't judge

The key is in your hand

On Meditation

‎"In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is all the becoming, the battle of life, the agony and fear. Meditation is the ending of this space, the ending of the me." J. Krishnamurti

On peace

Famous quote

Never worry

How to decide your future

On renouncing things

Be Happy

The difference practice makes

There is a field

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‎"The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility." Swami Sivananda

‎"Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God." Krishnamacharya

"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured." B.K.S. Iyengar.

‎"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased strivingfor the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves." Buddha.

‎"In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is all the becoming, the battle of life, the agony and fear. Meditation is the ending of this space, the ending of the me." J. Krishnamurti

Note: this page contains paid content.

‎"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving
for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves." Buddha.