Baba Hari Dass: Trending quotes (page 3)

“Without watching ourselves we can't be aware of the tricks the mind plays. So a yogi should be alert all the time.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977, p.11

Time

“Human birth is the highest. It is for attaining liberation. If we don't consciously try for liberation, then we are misusing our human birth. Every action, thought, and word should be spiritual. It happens only when the mind is purified by sadhana [spiritual practice].”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Everyday Peace: Letters for Life, 2000, p.34

Birth

“All sadhanas or methods are for simply tricking the mind. The trick is to not let the mind spread out in a form of thoughts.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Ashtanga Yoga Primer, 1981, p.9

“How many teachers did you have? A: Myself.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: The Yellow Book, 1974, p.85

Teachers

“No matter how much we talk about universal unity, we end up making another group”

Baba Hari Dass

The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996
Context: Making separate groups is human nature. No matter how much we talk about universal unity, we end up making another group. (p. 18)

Universe

“To overcome the fear of death it is necessary to accept that we all have to die”

Baba Hari Dass

Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977
Context: Q: What can I do to overcome my fear of death? A: Attachment to the body causes fear of death. It is the strongest attachment. Even a newborn infant has this attachment. To overcome the fear of death it is necessary to accept that we all have to die. (p.39)

Death , Fear

“A: To get out of the rut is not one day's job or one hour in a day or going to temples, churches or mosques on particular days. We have to reflect on all our thoughts all the time”

Baba Hari Dass

Miscellaneous

Time

“Q: What is silence? A: Silence is an austerity. You control your desire to talk. By talking, people try to impress others, which you can't do if you are in silence. In silence you have to develop tolerance. At first it is difficult to do because you separate yourself from others by not expressing yourself. But gradually the mind reduces that ego and an aspirant accepts the situation, which develops tolerance and reduces anger.”

Baba Hari Dass

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Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977

People , Silence , Anger

“Having made pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat the same, you engage in battle for the sake of battle; thus you shell win and not incur sin.”

Baba Hari Dass

Bhagavad Gita, Ch II, verse 38
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. I-VI, 2013

Pain , Pleasure , Loss , Victory

“Q: Is life a dream or a meditation? A: Life is a meditation when you know it is a dream.”

Baba Hari Dass

Yoga Journal, May 1977

Life , Dreams

“Ch. II: Self - God within a Being”

Baba Hari Dass

Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, 1986

God

“Q: At the time of death when the elements are changing rapidly and there is confusion and fear, what is the method to fix the mind in positivity?”

Baba Hari Dass

Miscellaneous

Death , Fear , Change , Time

“If you had only two words to say to the people of the world, what would they be? Attain Peace.”

Baba Hari Dass

Miscellaneous, March 31, 2017

People , World , Peace

“Just like pure water poured in a dirty cup becomes dirty, similarly the pure ego rooted in the impure mind becomes impure ego.”

Baba Hari Dass

Ego: (p.49)
The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996

Water

“Knowledge, action, and actor are declared in the science of the gunas to be of three kinds only, according to distinctions of gunas; hear them also duly.”

Baba Hari Dass

Bhagavad Gita, Ch XVIII, verse 19
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. XIII-XVIII, 2015

Science , Knowledge

“Everything can be a trap. A hermit goes to a cave to get out of all worldly attachments and then gets attach to the cave. If we miss the point, then everything becomes a trap.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996, Bondage, p.15

“Household is a chariot. The parents are its two wheels. If the wheels don't move equally, the chariot cannot run straight.”

Baba Hari Dass

Family and Community: (p. 35)
The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996

Parent

“Q: I understand that to walk the path one must do it alone. Why is it so much easier to do a yoga class in a group rather than to have the discipline of doing it alone?”

Baba Hari Dass

Miscellaneous

Understanding

“I am the logic of all arguments - Arguments are of three kinds:”

Baba Hari Dass

1) jalpa (arrogant argument) – In this type of argument one tries to establish one's point of view by contradicting the opponent's argument without considering whether the opponent's argument is right or wrong.
2) vitanda (destructive criticism) – In this type of argument the person simply destroys the opponent's viewpoint by misleading argument.
3) vada (logical argument) – In this type of argument one uses a method of discussion with reasoning with an aim to find out what is truth and what is untruth. Reasoning is the best method of discussion to achieve the truth. This is why the Lord says, “Among arguments, I am vada or logical argument.”
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014

“Among creations I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end, O Arjuna, I am the science of the Self, and I am the logic of all arguments.”

Baba Hari Dass

Bhagavad Gita, Ch X, verse 32
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014

Science