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“My life is my message.”

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Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"”

People Walks Fool Yoga India

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the west we think of yoga as an exercise programme, when actually where it's from in India it's a whole philosophy. The Asanas and the exercise programme are one tiny aspect of it, and so it really, really fascinates me.”

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Author:Jayne Middlemiss

“International Yoga Day is a reflection of the largest knowledge based peoples' movement the world has ever seen.”

World Movement Reflection Yoga India International

Author:Narendra Modi

“We are not only celebrating International Yoga day, we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana.”

Mind Humans Training Yoga India International Celebrate Eras Human Mind New Era

Author:Narendra Modi

“In a world suffering from mental stress, yoga promises calm. In a distracted world, yoga creates focus, creates concentration. In a world of fear, yoga promises strength and courage. A healthy body and a disciplined mind are the foundations of a world free from fear. In crafting a new self through Yoga, we create a new world.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“The spread of yoga is the symbol of a changing world. It represents a world where knowledge flows, without restriction of country, creed or class. It represents a world where people come together across boundaries, for causes and concerns that unite the planet.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“Yoga has spread harmony between man and nature. It is a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.”

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Author:Narendra Modi

“Yog is not only about Rog Mukti but also Bhog Mukti. Yoga can be our cultural ambassador. We can reach out to the world through this medium.”

World Yoga India Mediums Reach Out Ambassadors

Author:Narendra Modi

“My wife and I took a sabbatical and we went from Europe to India, where we lived in an ashram for six months and did meditation and yoga vigorously, like from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the night in very austere circumstances. I think then my practice became less superficial, more like the traditional definition of what meditation was: to truly find oneness.”

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Author:Karan Bajaj

“Yoga may have originated in India, where the cow has been revered as sacred for thousands of years, but times have changed since Lord Krishna played his flute for the cows of Vrindavan. There are factory farms in India now.”

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Author:Sharon Gannon

“I actually got really interested in traveling to India after studying yoga. I have this wanderlust and don't like doing things without knowing about the history.”

Knowing Study Yoga India

Author:Eden Sher

“India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.”

Two Moments Yoga India Groovy

Author:Padma Lakshmi

“Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this well enough, and in the Buddhist Yoga an exact technique was devised for unmasking the illusion of the personality. The human merry-go-round sees many changes: the illusion that cost India the efforts of thousands of years to unmask is the same illusion that the West has labored just as hard to maintain and strengthen.”

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Book:Steppenwolf: A Novel

Source: Steppenwolf: A Novel

“It is one of the main teachings of the profound traditional wisdom of India, that the Primordial Mother is the origin of all things and verything tends to flow naturally back towards her.”

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Author:Nirmala Srivastava

“One is the path of devotion, what in India is called BHAKTI yoga, the path of love and devotion - a Meera, a Chaitanya, dancing and singing, losing themselves completely in the act. When Meera is dancing there is only dance, there is no Meera; the dancer is completely merged into the dance. When Chaitanya is singing and dancing there is no Chaitanya; he has become one with the act.”

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Author:Rajneesh