Baba Hari Dass: Body

Baba Hari Dass was master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition. Explore interesting quotes on body.
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“Your body is the temple of your soul. Your soul is God's temple.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: The Yellow Book, 1974, p.79

God , Soul

“Within the physical body every human being has a subtle body made up of invisible structures and energies (kundalini, nadis, and chakras); and within the subtle is the causal body out of which the subtle and physical bodies are formed.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Ashtanga Yoga Primer, 1981, p.11

“The ego rules the mind because it links the “I” with the mind and body”

Baba Hari Dass

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book II, 2008
Context: The ego rules the mind because it links the “I” with the mind and body. If the “I,” which is another name for the self, were not identified with the mind and body, the ego would have no power. Self-study [svadhyaya], therefore, is the set of practices that investigates the nature of the self to discover its origin. When the origin is found to be separate from the body, the ego loses the battle and peace is attain. (Bk. II, Sutra 1, p.5)

“The ego has no form and no particular center of existence. It pervades the mind, intellect, senses, and the body as 'I am.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996, p.65

Sense

“The Self is beyond birth, death, gender, class, and religion - only the body wears those labels.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, 1986, p.27

Death , Religion , Birth

“Q: How do you define ego? A: Ego is life. To keep the body's existence is ego. It is the part of the mind which identifies a creature with the world. Ego self tells you, “This is my body,” and also tells you, “This is my Self.” It connects the two.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977, p.15

Life , World , Parting

“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.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass (1977), p.39
Context: Q: What can I do to overcome my fear of death?

Fear , Death