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An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and then returning to the consciousness of the mortal form again. By this process, he experiences the body as merely the material dwelling place of the soul. He can remain therein as long as he wants; and after that body has fulfilled its usefulness, he can quit it at will without suffering physical pain or mental pain due to attachment, and enter his omnipresent home in God.

And so we realize that human beings have to be transformed and have to enter into a higher state of awareness, through inner transformation. This has to be the last breakthrough of our evolution, which is a living process.

And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God.

Animals are our inferior brothers and sisters. They are not meant to be eaten, but must be treated with love.

Answers can suit the relative mind. In the dream we can be thirsty. But upon awaking from the dream, there's no thirst.

Anyen Rinpoche is a compassionate embodiment of wisdom. The skillful teachings in The Tibetan Yoga of Breath will be a source of peace and happiness for many in these troubled times, for which I am very grateful.

Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.

Any method to heighten the presence of that which is the source of creation within you, is yoga.

Arjuna, who is the fearless waririor in the story is a very wordly indvidual, we assume with high past lives.

A perfect life is to observe - to realize that you have no control over the events in your life, that there are no events in your life, that there is no life.

Anything you can say, think, feel, trust or feel is untrue - is an illusion. The fact that there are these things is an illusion.

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.

Aside from performing in 'Peepshow,' I do yoga once a week and I like Pilates. I'm more into toning exercises over aerobics. I like working with a trainer at a private gym, but I also like going with friends because you don't get bored or distracted.

As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must be connected to God individually so that you all are connected among yourselves. I have been saying this again and again and again because at the Sahasrara you are being blessed with this collective spirit.

Ask youself: "Am I loving as deeply as I am capable of loving?

As long as you're too busy trying to become something that you're not, you can't see your own immortality.

As long as you're running away from a part of yourself, you can't see immortality.

As we love truly and deeply, we see the white light of truth in them. Seeing this reminds us that the same light exists within us too - As the Tibetans say: "Recognition is liberation.

A spiritual process is not a divorce from life. It is an irrevocable love affair with life.

As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga.

As you feel more and more love, begin to smile, let go, be free.

As with most physical activity, yoga helps boost your immune system. However, it also stretches and strengthens your body simultaneously, while also balancing your mind and spirit. It benefits the whole human.

As you pass through bhakti yoga, as you pass through love, you're elated. You're fulfilled and you're joyous.

As your love grows, you will find that your attachment to this world will begin to fall away.

As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a little older, a little scrappier. So now I do yoga instead. And whatever else happens in the day, I'm set up in the best way possible. I feel great. I'm so flexible.

As you pass through this life, have you done all that you really wish to for others?

At the end of the dream, on the other side of the rainbow, there's only light.

Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.

A yoga session is harder than a football practice easily for me. Probably in some ways just as intense, not from a physical standpoint of hitting ,but from a game, the intensity is the same.

Awakening to who we really are is at the heart of yoga. . . .Yoga offers a path to this underlying field of being, which is the source of creativity, fulfillment, and abundance.

Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days.

Be kind; you're only here for a while. No sense of superiority, just do things for others. It's really fun.

Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

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.

Being spiritual is a far more intelligent way to exist. It means being in tune with the intelligence of the Creator.

Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.

Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything.

Beyond matter is spirit and in spirit there is nothing but love.

Bhakti yoga is a way of transforming your emotion from negativity to utmost pleasantness.

Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.

Birth and death are illusions, they are part of the dream.

Buddhism is yoga. Yoga started, who knows when? A long time ago, when the first person found that they could still their thoughts and experience eternity and access the higher planes of mind.

Bikram Yoga is the first time you start loving yourself because it is the first time you start seeing yourself.

But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.

But the quality of human beings is only one - and that is how much they love and forgive.

By keeping the mind in the present, unless you deliberately want to contemplate the past or future, it's possible to firmly face life without fear. Then, no thoughts of past failures or future problems will exist in the mind, and a truly positive mental state will result-fudoshin, the "immovable mind".

Calming the mind is yoga, not just standing on the head

By practicing Buddhist Yoga, you can become happy, ecstatic and free in your current incarnation, even if you have never been that way before in any of your past lives.

Certainly, you may have been hurt beofre in love, but just because you get one bad apple doesn't mean they are all bad - and you can learn from the difficult ones.