Baba Hari Dass on yoga
Baba Hari Dass19 quotes“If you work on yoga, yoga will work on you.”
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The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant’s back.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Life is not a burden, but we make it one when we refuse to accept things as they are.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass You can’t teach a hunter it’s wrong to kill.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Who realizes what? That is realization.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Husband and wife are like the two equal parts of a soybean. If the two parts are put under the earth separately, they will not grow. The soybean will grow only when the parts are covered by the skin. Marriage is the skin which covers each of them and makes them one.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass If a pickpocket meets a Holy Man, he will see only His pockets.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Desire is the creator; desire is the destroyer.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Love everyone, including yourself. This is real sadhana.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass As soon as a person starts thinking, ‘I want to be a better person,’ that is the start of Yoga.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass By running away from the world no one can get peace. Anywhere you go the problems will go with you, because the problems are inside you and not outside. Outside is simply a projection of inside.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Tapas is not a penance, it’s a mental training to develop will power
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass We are always learning from each others. Only when we merge inside God would we stop learning. We will understand more as we teach others, so we rely on teaching in order to learn for ourselves.
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