Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Swami Satchidananda - Page 2

[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)

In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns.

Food should be a love offering.

The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the Christtian and Jewish faiths, as well as of the ten virtues of Buddhism. In fact, there is no religion without these moral or ethical codes. All spiritual life should be based on these things. They are the foundation stones without which we can never build anything lasting. (127)

If we only look within, we will see he Light as if we were seeing our own image in a mirror. (122)

The dedicated ever enjoy Supreme Peace. Therefore, live only to serve.

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)

Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.