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«(...) i was asked to become a Sannyasin and renounce the world, but i declined. i wanted to live as an ordinary householder with all the trials and tribulations of life and to take my yoga practice to average people who share with me the common life of work, marriage, and children. (...)»

«(...) coming from india, i inevitably developed certain indian characteristics adopted from the culture in which i was nurtured. we all do this. there is no difference in the soul - what i call the 'seer'. the difference comes only between the 'garments' of the seer - the ideas about our selves that we wear. break them. do not feed them with divisive ideas. that is what yoga teaches. (...)» 

«(...) yoga is the rule book for playing the game of life, but in this game no one needs to lose. it is tough, and you need to train hard. it requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional serbacks. it demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart. if you are interested to understand what it means to be a human being, placed between earth and sky, if you are interested in where you come from and where you will be able to go, if you want happiness and long for freedom, then you have already begin to take the first steps toward the journey inward (...)»

B.K.S. Iyengar

Light on Life