Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Patanjali's yoga is also known as 'Astang yoga' (Astang means eight limbed). In Sadhan Pada, Patanjali narrates eight limbs of yoga practice. Interestingly, only one of them deals with physical postures, and that too, mainly with seating positions. The eight limbs are as follows:

1) Yama (abstentions): Ahimsa (non-injury), Satya (truth), Asteya (non-covetousness), Brahmacharya (continence) and Aparagriha (abstinence from avarice).

GREAT Indian PERSONALITIES

GREAT Indian PERSONALITIES

Savithri	Draupadi
She chose a noble young man for her husband. She knew he had only a year to live, but yet she married him. Even the God of Death bowed to her love and devotion and restored her husband to life.	The wife of the great Pandavas. renowned alike for her loveliness and her granite will. Volcanic, she reduced her enemies to the ashes. But her story is a saga of suffering.

Quotes by Ramakrishna

Quotes by Ramakrishna

You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
~ Ramakrishna
As the snake is seperate from its slough, even so is the Spirit seperate from the body.
~ Ramakrishna

Sages,Rushis & Devotees of India

Sages,Rushis & Devotees  of  India

Shankaracharya	Samartha Ramadas
One of the greatest philosophers and savants of Bharat. He established four spiritual centres in the four corners of the country, thus upholding the underlying unity of the holy land of Bharat.	Shivaji's preceptor and guide, Ramadas imparted to him the message that till we fulfil the required duty towards the motherland. he provide succour and guidance to thousands.

Mahavakyas: The Great Contemplations

Sanskrit:	English:
1. Brahma satyam jagan mithya	Brahman is real; the world is unreal
2. Ekam evadvitiyam brahma	Brahman is one, without a second
3. Prajnanam brahman	Brahman is the supreme knowledge
4. Tat tvam asi	That is what you are
5. Ayam atma brahma	Atman and brahman are the same
6. Aham brahmasmi	I am brahman
7. Sarvam khalvidam brahma	All of this is brahman

Avadhuta Gita by Dattatreya

   The essence and the whole of Vedanta  is this knowledge, this supreme knowledge, that I am by nature the formless, all pervasive Self.

   I have no mental activity good or bad, I have no bodily function. Good or bad, I have no verbal action, good or bad. I am the nectar of Knowledge, beyond the senses, pure.

Who am I by Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi

Who am I by Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi

'Who am I?' The physical body, composed of the seven dhatus, is not 'I'. The five sense organs… and the five types of perception known through the senses… are not 'I'. The five parts of the body which act… and their functions… are not 'I'. The five vital airs such as prana, which perform the five vital functions such as respiration, are not 'I'. Even the mind that thinks is not 'I'. In the state of deep sleep vishaya vasanas remain. Devoid of sensory knowledge and activity, even this [state] is not 'I'. After negating all of the above as 'not I, not I', the knowledge that alone remains is itself 'I'. The nature of knowledge is sat-chit-ananda [being-consciousness-bliss]. 

Eternal Values

Eternal Values 

Reality is One, the Wise speak of It in many ways.

                                                                        RIG Veda

"Da, da, da" these letters signify that you must control, give and be kind.

                                                                                       Brihadaranyaka upanishad

He who sees all beings in his a very self and himself in all beings, cannot feel any hatred for anyone by virtue of that (realization)                                             Isha upanishad

Do not do to others what is disagreeable to yourself : that is Virtue.

Do not reat evil with evil                                                           Mahabharata

Pain is brought to nought by correct judgement, evil desire annihilates everything.

Even the entire produce of the earth, the corns, gold, animals and women are not sufficient (to quench the desire) of a single man. Therefore one should give up all desires.                                    

                                                                                                                             Manu Samhita

Self-composed men do not cease from their effort until they get hold of their desired objective.

One should save oneself by oneself, one should not lover oneself. For oneself is verily one's own friend, oneself is verily one's own enemy.           Krishna

A word spoken in wrath is the sharpest word, coveteousness is the deadliest poison, passion the fiercest fire, ignorance is the darkest night.

                                                                                                                 -Buddha

The man of principles is courages. He knows the right and will fight for it at all costs.                         

                                                                                                               Confucius

Faith is the basic to full understanding.    

                                                    christ

No man can serve two masters : For either he will hate the one and love the other. 

                                                                                                                                      Christ

The best of charity is that which the right hand gives and the left hand does not know it.               

                                                                                                                  Mohammed

God is gracious to him who earneth his living by his own labour and not by begging.                                        

                                                                                                                     Mohammed

Give up curse of lust and wrath. Give up delusion and greed. Remember who you really are. Fools are they that are blind to the glory of the Self.                           Shankaracharya

Truth is higher than all, but higher than truth is charecter.                                           Nanak

Be humbler than a blade of grass, with fortitude more than that of a tree, and forsake all pride while honouring everyone.                                      chaitanya

He who has faith has all, and he who lacks faith lacks all. 

                                                                               Ramakrishna paramahamsa

The moment you fear you are nobody. It is fear that is the great cause of misery

 in the world.                                                                                                 Vivekananda

If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and charecter, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library.                           Vivekananda

That country and that nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future.                                                                         vivekananda

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral. Where there is fear there is no religion.                                                                                       Mahatma Gandhi.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes:

1.    God and truth are the only politics in the world, everything else is trash.

2.    The world is neither true nor un true, it is the shadow of truth.

3.    While we recognized God, it is really only the Self, which we have separated from ourselves and worship as outside of us, but it is our true self all the time, the one and only God.

4.    Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

5.    Control yourself and listen to the voice of your true self.

6.    We are responsible for what we are, and what ever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

7.    Power will come, glory will come, goodness will com, purity will come and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self conscious activity.

8.    Death lies in the senses, life on the plane of the spirit is the only life, life on any other plane is mere death.

9.    It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

10.    Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.

11.    This self- control will tend to produce a mighty will, a character which makes a Christ or a Buddha.

12.    When one worm lives in this world how can I die ?  for my life lies in that worm.

13.    Truth is strengthening, truth is purity, truth is all knowledge.

14.    It is the coward and the fool who says ‘this is fate’, but it is the strong man who stands up and says, ‘I will make my fate’.

15.    Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life, it is better to die on the battle field then to live a life of defeat.

16.    The passionless and unattached do most to the world.

17.    The self-seeking man who is looking after his personal comforts and a leading a lazy life- there is no room for him even in the hell.

18.    What ever you do devote your whole mind, heart and soul to it.

19.    Guess against guess makes fight.

20.    To think there is any imperfection creates it.

21.    Art, science and religion are but three different ways of expressing a single truth.

22.    The greater is the desire to enjoy pleasure, and the sharper are the pangs of pain.

23.    All knowledge depends upon calmness of mind.


24.    Vendanta believes in only one sin, only one in the world, and it is this the moment you think you are a sinner or any body is a sinner that is sin.

25.    Know it for certain that there is no greater tirtha than the body of man. Nowhere else is the Atman so manifest as here.

26.    The greater a man has become, the fiercer ordeal he has to pass through.

27.    What makes one man great and another weak and low is this shradda [concentration].

28.    You have in you all and a thousand times more than is in all the books. Never lose faith in yourself, you can do anything in this universe. Never weaken all power is yours.

29.    Be perfectly hopeless, that is the highest state.

30.    Bear every misery without even knowing that your are miserable.

31.    God alone lives. The soul alone live. Spirituality alone lives. Hold on to that.

32.    Want of sympathy and lack of energy are at the root of all misery.

33.    So long as you are pure and true to your principles, you will never fail.

34.    we think in time, our thoughts are bound by time, all that exists, exists in time and space.

35.    We are all slaves to our own and everybody else’s mind.

36.    To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.

Qoutes of the Unquotable

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Qoutes of the Unquotable          

                                                                          

   Take things as they come, Acceptance changes poison into sweet nectar.

   Life if meant to be lived not to be thought for

   Needs can be fulfilled but desires can never be fulfilled.

   Do not be judgemental

   Cosmos is a mystery, mysteries are meant to be experienced.

   Enjoy your meditation, do not hanker for Samadhi hankering itself won’t let it happen.

   Go, embrace your enemies, kill them with Love.

   Meditation is not name of what you do, but how you do

   Listening to words of master is not listening, but to the pauses… in between the words.

   Past is gone, future is uncertain, what we have is now, so live now!

   Life is a moment, moment is life, live your moments

   The first glimpse of thoughtlessness is the window to heaven

   thoughts are the only obstacle between you and Samadhi

   this very world is God

   Learn to enjoy your aloneness, you will never be lonely

   Those who live in joy, die in great celebration

   You will never lose by sharing, those who don’t share are the loosers

   the one who searches attains, be a seeker, not mere believer.

   Learn to die in spiritual love, to live eternally in love

   The one and only thing which never changes , is the law of change

   When you can live like a king, why be slave of your own Desires ?

   My very existence is evidence that god IS

   No one can make you suffer, until you are ready for it. Do you want to suffer?

   Be a light unto yourself

   A happy person is a religious person and unhappiness is a sign that you do not know what it means to be religious

   Unconciouness is irreligious and being  conscious is utterly religious

   Learn to function through no-mind, through mind we do not function we just commit errors

   Concentration is not meditation.

   Do not be a man of concentration be a man of awareness

   Life is full of opportunities, explore vastness of life

   Be adventurous live your life dangerously, but awarefully.

   Do not try to ape Buddha, you are Buddha just see it.

   There is one and only path for seekers, It is love, love and love. So, Love Love Love

   Love and Death is one..

   Die in love and live for eternity

   Thou is Me and Me is Thou

   Being in silence is  being in true heaven

   Mind is the only barrier between you and God

   Delve within and know the unknowable

   Leave God know Existence

   Rejoice this moment, this very moment is divine

   Wake up now! If not now than Never!

   Thou shall not be a seeker, but a lover

   Thou shall not be a lover, but beloved himself

   Thou shall not become anything

   Dhyana is awakening the inner melody

   Dhyana is immersing oneself Deeper, and being lighter in oneself

   Dhyana is not doing something, just being

   Dhyana is breathing in, breathing out, bliss in, bliss out

   Dhyana is being in love, moment after moment after moment.

   Dhyana is just being in present, Doing nothing

   Dhyana is experiencing the inner void

   Dhyana is laughter of silence, the soundless sound

   Dhyana is experience of nothingness

   Dhyana is the compassionate gaze of the master

   True communication is communion,  communion of hearts

   Love cannot flourish, unless you are permanently free of mind