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Patañjali Quotes

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Patañjali (Devanāgarī पतञ्जलि) (fl. 2nd c. BCE) was a sage in ancient India, thought to be the author of a number of Sanskrit works.

India
Philosophers

Also known as: Patanjali, Pathanjali

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When a man becomes steadfast in his abstention from harming others, then all living creatures will cease to feel enmity in his presence

Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate of fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and overage in various prospects as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it.

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