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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Breathing Hands Horse
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Anything Body Mind Right
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga

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