"[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga.……" — Swami Satchidananda
"[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga. If a handful of people come forward with strong wills, nothing is impossible. One Buddha changed half the globe; one Jesus, three quarters of the world. We all have that capacity. (140)"
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Swami Satchidananda
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59 Quotes by Swami Satchidananda
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Yoga began with the first person wanting to be healthy and happy all the time.
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Anything that you throw comes back. All your actions are echoes.
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Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell…
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[T]he period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta, the Brahmic time, or divine period, and…
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Now will never leave. It is always here. Like a clear canvas, it awaits our painting.
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The stones of a river start out rough, but with the current continually bumping and polishing them, they end up…
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As you are, you see everything else.
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Calming the mind is yoga, not just standing on the head
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In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns.
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The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the…
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Yoga says instinct is a trace of an old experience that has been repeated many times and the impressions have…
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