The body is aging, but something in you is not aging. Getting in touch with that something that doesn’t age brings beauty in life. That is meditation.

Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.

People usually identify themselves with their race, religion, culture, nationality, language, region, or sex. We need to bring about an understanding in all people that they are first, part of the universal spirit, and secondly, human beings.

Inside every culprit there is a victim crying for help. What do we usually do when we identify a culprit? We start blaming him. We label him: “You are bad.” This does not lead to positive change, either for the victim or for society. The need is to recognize that love and compassion can heal the victim present inside, and in that way change the heart of the culprit.

When you make service the sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind, and gives you meaning.

Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.

The breath is the connecting link between the inner world of the mind and the outer world of body and environment. Meditation works by bringing an effect from the level of Being to the mind. With the breath we bring this effect to the physical level as well.

We need to celebrate diversity by honoring all cultures and religious traditions, rather than letting it become the cause of strife or violence. Let us create a world of tolerance, which leads to acceptance, and ends in love–the very essence of who we truly are.

Sometimes you can go out and play, and watch the sunset, take a walk, jog, all these you can do. They can give you a temporary relief, no doubt. But if you want something permanent–permanent expansion–to burn that seed of sadness somewhere that is present, breathing and meditation alone will do that.

Your desire for pleasure or happiness makes you unhappy. You examine. Whenever you are miserable or unhappy, behind that is your wanting to be happy.  

Whatever beauty you see here and there is only a projection of your Being. Whenever you have felt a sense of great beauty, that is when you have been in touch with yourself.

We tell people who are very close to us, “If you need me, I am here.” If we could say this to anybody — “If you need anything, I am here” — then all problems would be over.

These are moments when we have to address the stress and loss of confidence people have experienced as a result of a disaster. Unless the trauma is released, attending to the material needs will not be sufficient.

The mind is like a kite, and breath is the thread. For the mind to go high, the breath needs to be longer. With more attention on the breath, the mind feels happier and elevated.

Because you are so, so beautiful, that’s why something else in the world also looks beautiful to you. You get a glimpse of Self. A little shower from this glimpse comes to you. When waves of beauty come to you unceasingly, that is called enlightenment.

The present is deep and vast. It is the secret of secrets.

Our breath has a lot of secrets to offer to us, because for every emotion in the mind, there is a corresponding rhythm in the breath. And each rhythm affects a certain part of the body, physically.

Freedom is your very nature. Only with freedom do joy, generosity and other human values blossom.

Once you have a taste of the spirit, nothing in the planet can distract you. One can be spiritual in spite of sickness. Spirit engulfs everything in creation. Spirit is like space. You can’t say something is outside space. Good health is just one of the benefits you can derive from yoga.