Paramahamsa Hariharananda
Paramahamsa Hariharananda Quotes about Life
Devote yourself sincerely to spiritual practice. You must enter into the inner life.
Only by magnetizing your spine, you can change your life force into a radiant, all-accomplishing divine force which in turn hastens your mental, physical and intellectual regeneration and rejuvenation. You do not have to go to the astrologer or the palmist. Through Kriya yoga practice, each chakra is purified, giving you all-round development. Each chakra has an invisible counterpart in every body part, and if you practice daily and sincerely, you will achieve quick spiritual evolution.
Inner culture is essential. It is the path of soul culture. Discipline your life. Bring more love and devotion into your heart.
If there is no God consciousness in human life, then one will seek only mortality, not immortality.
If you perceive the constant presence of the soul in your life, then you will get transformation.
Any holy book that gives you spiritual motivation is good, but one should not develop ego or pride with one's knowledge of the scriptures. Theoretical knowledge is not enough in daily life. Practical experience is essential.
If you lead a life of work and you feel that this work is worship and that the material world is the living presence of God, then you will get liberation.
If you only love and follow the master, then you can overcome the troubles and difficulties of life and you can reach your goal nicely.
Whatever bad habits you have in your life are the result of bad company, and you have to overcome them with a good environment.
Breath is your life. Through the breath you will have restlessness or calmness. Watch your breath - then you will have calmness.
Kriya Yoga is based on scientific breathing that pacifies, slows the breathing process and makes the breath flow inside the nostrils, not outside. By the practice of Kriya Yoga, in a short time, the mind becomes calm, quiet and thoughtless. The blood, absorbing sufficient oxygen and getting de-carbonized, brings better living. We may become free from the stress and strain of life.
Evolution is the symbol of life, and there is visible evolution in the external world. There should also be inner evolution in every human being, from animality to rationality, and then to divinity.
Without atmosphere, air, there is no creation. As breath is life, to love breath is to love all the living creation.
If we practice breathing slow, long and deep, then life will be more active and peaceful. Those who breathe fast live short lives.
Anything that comes in life is an opportunity. God is constantly giving you the opportunity to know thyself.
In a worldly life, as well as in spiritual life, you need a proper teacher, a proper guide.
Life is to grow in knowledge, love, and perfection. Be perfect through sincere effort. Rest not until you attain that state of perfection.
When the breath is calm, as when you are only listening, your mind is calm. Transformation of your breath is the easiest way to calm your mind and life.