Quotations

In Vedantic meditation, it helps to have a preliminary calming of the mind by pranayama,

In bhakti yoga, when japa is to be done, one conceives of a lotus or a flower,

Meditating on the third eye leads you deeper and deeper if you do it properly.

Traditionally, according to the yoga shastras, the cross-legged position is very good for meditation.

Mindfulness is outside, and mindfulness is also inside, and if both these can

A person who is mindful is usually a gentle person, because the mind has

Words can cause a great deal of problems. Sometimes you can hit somebody,

Samadhi is when you are so absorbed in whatever you are looking at,

Dhyana comes from the root dhi, which means ‘to meditate’.

Dharana means to be able to fix your attention on something exclusively without being distracted

When you get up from your daily meditations, thank everything and everybody with utter humility.

Thoughts are like ripples that disturb the calm surface of the mind and distort the reflections.

There is no technique to reach the ‘Truth’, for you are yourself the ‘Truth’.

The ‘Self ’ is ever free, ever blissful. It is and was never bound; therefore,