Patanjali Quotes

#1. 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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#2. Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

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#3. When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

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#4. Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

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#5. Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

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#6. Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self.

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#7. Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

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#8. Yoga is the cessation of mind.

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#9. It is only when the correct practice is followed for a long time, without interruptions and with a quality of positive attitude and eagerness, that it can succeed.

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#10. Knowledge born of the finest discrimination takes us to the farthest shore. It is intuitive, omniscient, and beyond all divisions of time and space.

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

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#12. The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.

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#13. Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

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#14. Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

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#15. Sloth is the great enemy
the inspirer of cowardice, irresolution, self-pitying grief, and trivial, hairsplitting doubts. Sloth may also be a psychological cause of sickness. It is tempting to relax from our duties, take refuge in ill-health and hide under a nice warm blanket.

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#16. The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

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#17. Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.

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#18. The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

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#19. A mind free from all disturbances is Yoga.

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#20. Everything is sorrow for the wise.

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#21. For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.

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

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