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Patañjali was an ancient Indian sage, traditionally credited with compiling the Yoga Sutras. His teachings laid the philosophical foundations for classical yoga and influenced spiritual thought across centuries. He is also associated with contributions to Sanskrit grammar and Ayurveda. Here are 47 of his quotes:

Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery. (Patañjali)
By meditation upon Light and upon Radiance, knowledge of the Spirit can be reached and thus peace can be achieved. View quote
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The mind can be trained to steadiness through those forms of concentration which have relation to the sense perceptions. View quote
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The peace of the chitta is also brought about by the regulation of the prana or life breath. View quote
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The peace of the chitta (or mind stuff) can be brought about through the practice of sympathy, tenderness, steadiness of purpose, and dispassion in regard to pleasure or pain, or towards all forms of good or evil. View quote
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To overcome the obstacles and their accompaniments, the intense application of the will to some one truth (or principle) is required. View quote
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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. View quote
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The obstacles to soul cognition are bodily disability, mental inertia, wrong questioning, carelessness, laziness, lack of dispassion, erroneous perception, inability to achieve concentration, failure to hold the meditative attitude when achieved. View quote
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Through the sounding of the Word and through reflection upon its meaning, the Way is found. View quote
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The chitta is stabilized and rendered free from illusion as the lower nature is purified and no longer indulged. View quote
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From this comes the realisation of the Self (the soul) and the removal of all obstacles. (Patañjali)
The Word of Ishvara is AUM (or OM). This is the Pranava. II. The Sacred Word. This is the Word of Glory, the AUM. This is the Pranava, the sound of conscious Life itself as It is breathed forth into all forms... View quote
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The basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction and correct witness (or accurate evidence). One of the most revolutionary realizations to which the occult student has to adjust himself is the appreciation that the mind is a means whereby knowledge is to be gained... View quote
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When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms. View quote
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Restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind, ... the seer dwells in his own nature. Otherwise he is of the same form as the thought-streams. View quote
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By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure. View quote
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Liberation of the seer is the result of the dissassociation of the seer and the seen. View quote
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Realization is experienced by making the Lord the motive of all actions. View quote
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Supreme happiness is gained via contentment. View quote
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For one who sees the distinction, there is no further confusing of the mind with the self. View quote
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By study comes communion with the Lord in the Form most admired. (Patañjali)
For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting. View quote
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Photo: Post of India, GODL-India
Occupation: Indian Author
Quotes count: 47
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