I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart. — Ram Dass
Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti). — Pandurang Shastri Athavale
Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God. — Swami Vivekananda
God and devotee are bound for ever in ropes of love — Shri Radhe Maa
The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart. — K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga is your direct intimacy with the nurturing power of Life. It is the practical means adapted to personal needs, age, health and all cultures. — Mark Whitwell
Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. — Mahavatar Babaji
Devotion does not mean only Chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence. — Pandurang Shastri Athavale
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart. — Ramakrishna
In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana. — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru's Word forget all their pain and suffering. — Guru Gobind Singh
Yoga is the art and science of living. — Indra Devi
Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory. — K. Pattabhi Jois
Bhakti Yoga Image Quotes
Everything you need, you courage, strength, compassion and love; everything you need is already within you.
Sahaja Yoga Quotes
You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you. — Nirmala Srivastava
Self Realization is the first encounter with reality. — Nirmala Srivastava
Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you. — Nirmala Srivastava
The purpose of is to stop the misery before it comes.
Meditation is the only way you can grow. Because when you meditate, you are in silence, you are in thoughtless awareness. Then the growth of awareness takes place. — Nirmala Srivastava
Kundalini cures you, she improves you, she bestows all the blissful things upon you. She takes you away from the worries of grosser level. — Nirmala Srivastava
Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened faith. — Nirmala Srivastava
Yoga doesn't take time, It gives time.
..the self-knowledge that I am talking about is concrete, verifiable and is tangible like science itself and completely understandable in rational terms. — Nirmala Srivastava
The enjoyment of life is only possible if the world could get connected to the spirit... you become the spirit as Christ has said in simple words that you have to be born again. — Nirmala Srivastava
A star is shining within us and that is our Spirit. — Nirmala Srivastava
Either you lead a life which is luxurious on the material level or you lead a luxurious life of God's blessings. One of these two you have to choose, the time has come. — Nirmala Srivastava
Karma Yoga Quotes
Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same. — Vinoba Bhave
Yoga means we take responsibility for the tasks in our life. Whatever we are supposed to have karmically, life gives us. The question is: how do we handle it? — Frederick Lenz
The path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man. — Mahatma Gandhi
Selfless giving reminds us that there is an eternally present spirit in all of us, that when revealed, liberates us from both the transitory and the eternal - both of which ultimatly can be attachments. — Frederick Lenz
A saint is someone who has been very selfless and, over a period of lifetimes, generated a tremendous amount of good karma, which has caused them to enter into very lovely states of mind. — Frederick Lenz
Krishna says, fight. He says, go out in the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill. — Frederick Lenz
Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga. — Swami Vivekananda
The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita. — Swami Vivekananda
Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning. — Frederick Lenz
We have two choices in life: One is to fulfill ourselves. The other is to take the time and energy that we would utilize in fulfilling ourselves and use it to make others happy. — Frederick Lenz
Autobiography Of A Yogi Quotes
Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. — Paramahansa Yogananda
You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you — Paramahansa Yogananda
So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. — Paramahansa Yogananda
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn't have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can't practice Ashtanga yoga. — K. Pattabhi Jois
You are only as young as your spine is flexible. — Joseph Pilates
Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge. — K. Pattabhi Jois
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. — C. S. Lewis
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. — Dalai Lama
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen
Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience. — Jaggi Vasudev
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. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need to search once more and reestablish the practice and value of yoga in modern times. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain. — K. Pattabhi Jois
Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move. — Rumi
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. — Paulo Coelho
The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization. — Luther Standing Bear
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga. — Sivananda
In truth, it matters less what we do in practice than how we do it and why we do it. The same posture, the same sequence, the same meditation with a different intention takes on an entirely new meaning and will have entirely different outcomes. — Donna Farhi
Bikram Yoga Quotes
Nothing can steal happiness, peace, away from you: if anyone does make you angry, you are the loser; if someone can allow you to lose peace, you are the loser. — Bikram Choudhury
It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and nothing but you, standing in one spot frozen like a statue with no place to go for help or excuse or scapegoat except inward. — Bikram Choudhury
Bikram Yoga will give you 'The Key to the Kingdom of Health' — Bikram Choudhury
Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word - 'Bikram' - because Bikram makes her what she is today. It works. — Bikram Choudhury
Bikram Yoga is the first time you start loving yourself because it is the first time you start seeing yourself. — Rajashree Choudhury
Would you rather suffer 90 minutes or 90 years?
(Regarding a Bikram Yoga session that takes exactly 90 minutes.) — Bikram Choudhury
I'm about to do my second Bikram yoga class in Anchorage, Alaska. It's the only way to stay warm. I've got to get into shape. I've been eating nothing but fish and chips. — Emily Blunt
Yoga has so many different practices. I don't really enjoy Ashtanga. I don't really enjoy Bikram because I don't like knowing what's coming. — Bethenny Frankel
I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. — Lady Gaga
I love Bikram Yoga. I tend to move and think at a fast pace, and the heat forces me to slow down and just focus on my breath. I'm also a fan of Kundalini yoga. It's still a new practice for me, but I've found it infinitely helpful in getting me present. — Allison McAtee
Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love. — Krishna Das
Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if I can rouse my countrymen, immersed in tamas, to stand on their own feet and be men inspired with the spirit of karma-yoga. I am a follower only of he or she who serves and helps others without caring for his own bhakti and mukti! — Swami Vivekananda
Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude. — Radhanath Swami
Love is beginningless and endless ecstasy. It is an unfathomable mystery. It is the study of our lives. — Frederick Lenz
Enjoy being with yourself, hanging out with yourself, doing things by yourself. — Frederick Lenz
If you want to follow the path of love, it's a good idea to meditate on the heart chakra everyday. The heart chakra is in the center of the chest. — Frederick Lenz
I have written and spoken my thoughts over many years. Now I'm on new ground and spirit. I want to bring these together. Things like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, conscious dying, conscious aging. Consciousness. — Ram Dass
In this world people love to talk and be active. Everyone wants to express their opinion. Listen in meditation, not to your thoughts but to your feelings. — Frederick Lenz
If you see faults in others, look the other way. Don't linger on imperfection. — Frederick Lenz
The most successful way to combat these dark clouds that come between the light of you and that which you love, is to feel that love itself will rescue you. — Frederick Lenz
Love is the strongest force in the universe — Frederick Lenz
The real test on the path of love is are you willing to give up everything for your love? — Frederick Lenz
It is only if you have the courage to follow your heart that you will succeed on the path of love. — Frederick Lenz
Love is the easiest and most effective way to begin our search for self-realization. — Frederick Lenz
As you pass through bhakti yoga, as you pass through love, you're elated. You're fulfilled and you're joyous. — Frederick Lenz
Bhakti yoga is a way of transforming your emotion from negativity to utmost pleasantness. — Jaggi Vasudev
The path of love. Good luck. May your love guide you through the bardo to eternity. — Frederick Lenz
Love leads us to ourselves - this is the mystery of love. — Frederick Lenz
The message of love is self-acceptance in the smaller sense and self-acceptance in the large sense - the Self as eternity. — Frederick Lenz
As long as you're running away from a part of yourself, you can't see immortality. — Frederick Lenz
Ask youself: "Am I loving as deeply as I am capable of loving?" — Frederick Lenz
The only way you can really evaluate spiritual advancement is to see how someone treats those who are close to them. — Frederick Lenz
In the yoga of love, one has a teacher. It is the teacher whom one loves. — Frederick Lenz
We're too insignificant and small to really be able to do anything, except cry, not unhappily, but an inner cry, a feeling of reaching to God. — Frederick Lenz
On the path of love we don't feel we necessarily have control. In the yoga of love we feel it's only God who does everything. We can't breathe one breath without God. — Frederick Lenz
One who practices the yoga of love is like child. When the child has a problem, it cries. When it cries, someone comes and helps the child. — Frederick Lenz
There's no place to go. There's nothing to attain. There's nothing to be reached. Love itself is all that you want. — Frederick Lenz
The path of love is its own reward. Your love itself, that is what completes you. — Frederick Lenz
Everything is the will of God - we are only instruments of her will and we learn to just love and accept. — Frederick Lenz
On the path of love we feel that if we love today, it's only because God is loving through us, because there is a special grace present with which we can love. — Frederick Lenz
I teach Zen, tantric mysticism, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, Tibetan mysticism, occultism and psychic development. I also teach poetry and literature, film and many other different things. — Frederick Lenz
Practice love and self-acceptance and you'll have an absolutely beautiful life. — Frederick Lenz
Don't be afraid to experiement with your life and with your heart, your meditation and your being. Just love. — Frederick Lenz
Follow your love as far as it will take you. Whether it brings you to salvation or damnation. — Frederick Lenz
The heart is a place of great light and their are different gradations of light that pass through the heart. — Frederick Lenz
The true teacher of love is the heart. The heart is very, very wise. It makes mistakes from time to time, but it has a wisdom all of its own. — Frederick Lenz
In love we listen. We listen to what others say. We listen to what our own being is telling us about the nature of existence. — Frederick Lenz
There will be a perfect flow of energy in whatever you choose to do, and there will be a grace and power present in all of your movements. — Frederick Lenz
The secret of love is acceptance, acceptance of our finite self, of our life, our birth ... our death. — Frederick Lenz
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