Frases de Patañjali
Patañjali
Fecha de nacimiento: 200 a.C.
Fecha de muerte: 150 a.C.
Patañjali o Patanshali es el nombre de dos personajes relevantes en la literatura de la India.
Frases 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.“
Fuente: La Paradoja Divina, I, 25.
„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.“
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.“
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.“
Patanjali, in “Yoga and You” [citation needed]
Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
„Everything is sorrow for the wise.“
Fuente: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
„One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with an attitude of devotion.“
Patanjali in Ashtanga Yoga Sutra I.14, in Ashtanga Yoga: Practice & Philosophy http://books.google.co.in/books?id=f9ygWu2xM3QC&pg=PA154, p. 154.
„Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.“
Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 133.
„Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.“
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.“
Patanjali, in Hinduism http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GmQ_yp4vVhsC&pg=PA63, p. 63.
„The posture assumed must be steady and easy.“
Patanjali, in “The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom”, p. 133.