B. K. S. Iyengar Quotes
1918–2014 India
B. K.
Also known as: BKS Iyengar
Random B. K. S. Iyengar quote
53 quotes
Yoga ferried me across the great river from the bank of ignorance to the shore of knowledge and wisdom.
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul.
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them.
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
The head is the seat of intelligence. The heart is the seat of emotion. Both have to work in cooperation with the body.
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
Non-physical reality is called Parusa in Sanskrit or Universal Soul is an abiding reality. It is logical, but remains conceptual to our minds under we experience it’s realization within ourselves.
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless. It is not an empty mind.
The compass is ourselves. So we are able to infer that there is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
The feeling in the spiritual heart must be, “ I am not separate from asana, asana is not separate from me, I am asana and asana is me.
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects
Because I want to make a good death.
I set off in yoga seventy years ago when ridicule, rejection and outright condemnation were the lot of a seeker through yoga even in its native land of India.
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul. Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you must choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.