Discipline Quote by Gregor Maehle

“All this bringing of the mind into a higher state of vibration is included in one word in Yoga — Samadhi.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“Consciousness is imbued with the three qualities (gunas) of luminosity (sattva), vibrancy (rajas) and inertia (tamas). The gunas also colour our actions: white (sattva),…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“Samadhi. Immersed in concentration and meditation, all thoughts and distractions far away. Your focus steady, you achieve samadhi. All that exists is the heart…

— Alberto Villoldo

“Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.”

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

“The Samadhi (state of inner bliss) that prevails amidst mental, physical and external afflictions is the Samadhi (state of inner bliss) of the Soul.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“If Samkhya-Yoga philosophy does not explain the reason and origin of the strange partnership between the spirit and experience, at least tries to explain…

— Mircea Eliade

In Samadhi, that very deep state of meditation, you are given energy and long-lasting bliss. It carries you higher and higher until your very…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The experience of yoga is unspeakable. It's the experience of samadhi. It's the experience of connectedness, of oneness, boundlessness, merging with God consciousness... even…

— Beryl Bender Birch

Samadhi is the journey from individual to collective consciousness. The steps of Samadhi are the steps towards reaching the collective consciousness. In meditation, the…

— Amit Ray

Samadhi is perfect absorption to the point where there is no sense of being absorbed, not the consciousness of knowing that you are having…

— Frederick Lenz

“If Samadhi (state of inner bliss) is maintained amidst physical (non self complex, pudgal) problems, then even the pudgal (non self complex) will remain…

— Dada Bhagwan

How do you know you were in samadhi? You know when your awareness returns to the plane of self and ideation that you have…

— Frederick Lenz