Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Quotes & Sayings

Where is the delusion when truth is known? Where is the disease when the mind is clear? Where is death when the Breath is controlled? Therefore surrender to Yoga. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self that is permanent. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Never be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the heart. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Regulate the breath, be happy, link the mind with the Lord in your heart. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need to search once more and reestablish the practice and value of yoga in modern times. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Let your speech be true and sweet. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Teach what is inside you.
Not as it applies to you, to yourself,
but as it applies to the other. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya