Frases de Patañjali

„Que extraña paradoja se plantea, la paradoja metafísica por excelencia: el universo no es lo que vemos, ni somos lo que creemos que somos; el verdadero universo es una corriente de Existencia, Conciencia y Bienaventuranza indiferenciada, cuya esencia primaria es la identidad de todo lo existente.“

—  Patañjali

Fuente: La Paradoja Divina, I, 25.

„Cuando la mente se mantiene en la conciencia no se mezcla con los sentidos, ni los sentidos con las experiencias sensoriales; es entonces cuando la conciencia del ser florece.“

—  Patañjali

„La liberación del observador es el resultado de la disociación del observador y lo observado.“

—  Patañjali

„Los obstáculos para la reconocer el alma son las limitaciones del cuerpo, la inercia mental, el cuestionamiento incorrecto, el descuido, la pereza, la falta de ecuanimidad, la percepción errónea, la incapacidad para lograr la concentración, la imposibilidad de mantener el estado meditativo cuando se logra.“

—  Patañjali

„Cuando te inspiras en un gran propósito, algún proyecto extraordinario, todos tus pensamientos rompen sus ataduras: tu mente trasciende sus limitaciones, tu conciencia se expande en todas direcciones y te encuentras en un mundo nuevo, grande y maravilloso. Tus fuerzas, facultades y talentos latentes cobran vida, y descubres que eres una persona mucho más grande de lo que nunca soñaste ser.“

—  Patañjali

„Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention.“

—  Patañjali

Translation by: Charles Johnston

„By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure.“

—  Patañjali

§ 1.33
Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

„In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.“

—  Patañjali

The Mahābhāṣya

„When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.“

—  Patañjali

As quoted by Wayne Dyer http://n-spire.com/archives/011802.html
The Mahābhāṣya

„For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.“

—  Patañjali

Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

„Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.“

—  Patañjali

Patanjali, in “Yoga and You” [citation needed]
Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

„Everything is sorrow for the wise.“

—  Patañjali

Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

„It is only when the correct practice is followed for a long time, without interruptions and with a quality of positive attitude and eagerness, that it can succeed.“

—  Patañjali

Fuente: Yoga-Sutras

„Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.“

—  Patañjali

Patanjali, in "Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide", p. 205.

„The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.“

—  Patañjali

Patanjali, in Hinduism http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GmQ_yp4vVhsC&pg=PA63, p. 63.

„The posture assumed must be steady and easy.“

—  Patañjali

Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 133.

„Supreme happiness is gained via contentment.“

—  Patañjali

§ 2.42

„Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.“

—  Patañjali

Patanjali, in East of existentialism: the Tao of the West http://books.google.co.in/books?id=2WyyAAAAIAAJ, p. 266.

„Pain, despair, misplaced bodily activity and wrong direction (or control) of the life currents are the results of the obstacles in the lower psychic nature.“

—  Patañjali

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect : a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary by Alice A. Bailey, (1927)