James Mallinson

The Gheranda Samhita

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  • b6751321464has quoted4 years ago
    Purification, strength, steadiness, calmness, lightness, realization, and abstraction are the seven means of perfecting the body.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    the body the self is consciousness. It is without a second, eternal and supreme. Because it is separate from the body, realize that you are free from passion and vices.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    All the creatures of the earth, all the creatures of the air, plants such as trees, shrubs, creepers, vines, grasses, water, and mountains: know all these to be Brahman and see them all in the self.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    After becoming disinterested in one’s body, one’s children, one’s wife, one’s relatives, one’s friends, riches, and everything else, one can attain samadhi.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    I am Brahman and nothing else. I am Brahman alone and do not suffer. My form is truth, consciousness, and bliss. I am eternally free. I abide in my own nature.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    From pranayama, lightness arises and from dhyana, realization of the self. Through samadhi arises abstraction and liberation itself; in this there is no doubt.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    The six cleansing techniques bring about purification and asanas bring about strength; mudras bring about steadiness and pratyahara brings about calmness.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    Purification, strength, steadiness, calmness, lightness, realization, and abstraction are the seven means of perfecting the body.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    Just as from studying the alphabet one may understand the scriptural teachings, so by practicing Yoga one may obtain knowledge of the Ultimate Reality.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted5 years ago
    There is no fetter like illusion, no force greater than Yoga, no friend greater than knowledge, and no enemy greater than ego.
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