Quotations

Is there some way by which the ancient 3000-year-old saying in the Rig Veda, ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudavadanti’ can be implemented?

The Jains have a philosophy, ‘Anaitadvat’, which means something may be this or may be that.

If we start examining our thoughts, we cannot actually speak because most thoughts are not towards spiritual evolution.

Decide that I am going to look at myself in a mirror – which is not clouded by my own prejudices – in which I can actually see my image.

Look at yourself and see where you are. Before every act, look at the motive. Before you act, before you speak, when a thought

From our understanding – there is only one mind. There are no many minds. There is only one mind.

What is also built-in, and which is not evident, is that I am ready to look after somebody else’s child.

To love my own child and look after my child – all animals do that, including the gorillas and the monkeys, no big deal.

When you say you follow the teachings, it does not mean you can sit everyday and close your eyes for hours together

Guru Purnima is meant for all the Gurus. With Guru Purnima, we are remembering the essence of ‘teacher-hood’.

The Asanas are based on the principle that you cannot relax the body without tensing it in some form.

A person, who practices Asanas regularly, eats little automatically. He does not need too much.

You cannot start the practice of Yoga without following, at least, a few simple procedures. One of the most important is moderation

There is an unknown Supreme Reality which is at the beginning of this universe and which will remain forever

Abandon not the infinite ocean of bliss and happiness that knows no end but is itself the end of the road.