Top 90 Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Samadhi is the word used by Patanjali in his classic work, the Yoga Sutras, to describe the final stage in meditation, in which the mind is completely concentrated and a superconscious mode of knowing comes into play.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

52. “Therefore “yoga is skill in action,” because this kind of detachment is required if one is to act in freedom, rather than merely react to events compelled by conditioning.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

53. “The law of karma states unequivocally that though we cannot see the connections, we can be sure that everything that happens to us, good and bad, originated once in something we did or thought. We ourselves are responsible for what happens to us, whether or not we can understand how. It follows that we can change what happens to us by changing ourselves; we can take our destiny into our own hands.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

54. “The Yaksha asked, ‘What is the soul of man? Who is that friend bestowed on man by the gods? What is man’s chief support? And what also is his chief refuge?’ Yudhishthira answered, ‘The son is a man’s soul: the wife is the friend bestowed on man by the gods; the clouds are his chief support; and gift is his chief refuge.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

55. “But when you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, 65 there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you live in the wisdom of the Self. 66.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

56. “Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self. 6 To those who have conquered themselves, the will is a friend. But it is the enemy of those who have not found the Self within them.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

57. “Mahabharata – whatever is not contained in this is not to be found anywhere.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

58. “46 Meditation is superior to severe asceticism and the path of knowledge. It is also superior to selfless service. May you attain the goal of meditation, Arjuna! 47 Even among those who meditate, that man or woman who worships me with perfect faith, completely absorbed in me, is the most firmly established in yoga.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

59. “I have described the discovery of Atman and Brahman – God immanent and God transcendent – as separate, but there is no real distinction. In the climax of meditation, the sages discovered unity: the same indivisible reality without and within. It was advaita, “not two.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

60. “Desist, brother. Great men never care for the harsh words uttered by inferior men. Even if able to retaliate, they do not take seriously acts of hostility, preferring instead to remember even a little good that their enemies may have done them.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

61. “Even one who inquires after the practice of meditation rises above those who simply perform rituals.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

62. “The yogi who are satisfied by knowledge and discrimination, and have conquered their senses, remain undisturbed in all circumstances. They see everything – dirt, stones, and gold – as the same.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

63. “Scriptural knowledge is successful when it results in humility and good conduct, wealth is successful when it is both enjoyed and given away in charity, and marriage is successful when the wife is enjoyed and bears offspring.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

64. “My mind is so restless and unsteady that I cannot even comprehend anything about this state of.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

65. “Those kinds of food that increase life’s period, energy, strength, health, well-being, and joy, which are savoury, oleaginous, nutritive, and agreeable, are liked by God.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

66. “Yet there are always a few who are not content to spend their lives indoors. Simply knowing there is something unknown beyond their reach makes them acutely restless. They have to see what lies outside – if only, as George Mallory said of Everest, “because it’s there.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

67. “One of the least likable characteristics of “demonic” personalities is their sense of self-importance. They like to give gifts ostentatiously and offer ritual sacrifices; this legitimizes their wealth and makes them feel respectable and esteemed. They like being generous if it will make them look good.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

68. “Just as the world dissolves into a sea of energy, the mind dissolves into a river of impressions and thoughts, a flow of fragmentary data that do not hold together.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

69. “Then Krishna also decided to return home. As he was departing he spoke affectionately to Yudhisthira. “O King, cherish all your subjects with ceaseless vigilance and patience. As the cloud is to all creatures, or the large tree to the birds, so should you become the refuge to your dependants.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

70. “The Yaksha asked, ‘What hath been said to be the sign of asceticism? And what is true restraint? What constitutes forgiveness. And what is shame?’ Yudhishthira answered, ‘Staying in one’s own religion is asceticism: the restraint of the mind is of all restraints the true one: forgiveness consists in enduring enmity; and shame, in withdrawing from all unworthy acts.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

71. “Earth, water, fire, air, akasha, mind, intellect, and ego – these are the eight divisions of my prakriti.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

72. “While seeing or hearing, touching or smelling; eating, moving about, or sleeping; breathing 9 or speaking, letting go or holding on, even opening or closing the eyes, they understand that these are only the movements of the senses among sense objects. 10.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

73. “Providence controlled everything. Men were simply instruments of destiny, driven by desire and hate. The.”

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74. “Thus the Gita does not lead us from stage to stage of spiritual awareness, but begins with the ultimate premise: the immortal soul is more important than the passing world.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

75. “The whole purpose of every experience, every activity, every faculty, is to turn the human being inward and lead each of us back to our divine source.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

76. “These six, O king, comprise the happiness of men, viz., acquirement of wealth, uninterrupted health, a beloved and a sweet-speeched wife, an obedient son, and knowledge that is lucrative.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

77. “The Yaksha asked, ‘What is weightier than the earth itself? What is higher than the heavens?’ What is fleeter than the wind? And what is more numerous than grass?′ Yudhishthira answered, ‘The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the heaven; the mind is fleeter than the wind; and our thoughts are more numerous than grass.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

78. “Wisdom, good lineage, self-control, acquaintance with the scriptures, prowess, absence of garrulity, gift to the extent of one’s power, and gratefulness, these eight qualities shed a lustre upon their possessor.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

79. “Your own duty done imperfectly is better than another man’s done well.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

80. “Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

81. “Mind, energy, and matter are a continuum, and the universe is not described as it might be in itself, but as it presents itself to the human mind.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

82. “Weapons, such as arrows, bullets, and bearded darts, can be easily extracted from the body, but a wordy dagger plunged deep into the heart is incapable of being taken out. Wordy arrows are shot from the mouth; smitten by them one grieveth day and night.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

83. “The Yaksha asked, ‘Who is the friend of the exile? Who is the friend of the householder? Who is the friend of him that ails? And who is the friend of one about to die?’ Yudhishthira answered, ‘The friend of the exile in a distant land is his companion, the friend of the householder is the wife; the friend of him that ails is the physician: and the friend of him about to die is charity.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

84. “A wise man laments neither for the living nor the dead. Both you, I, and all these assembled kshatriyas have always existed and will always exist. We are eternal souls, passing from body to body. Even in this life we see how the body changes, even though we remain the same person. In the same way, when death comes, we are given a new body. A self-controlled person is not bewildered by such a change.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

85. “If I could offer only one key to understanding this divine dialogue, it would be to remember that it takes place in the depths of consciousness and that Krishna is not some external being, human or superhuman, but the spark of divinity that lies at the core of the human personality. This is not literary or philosophical conjecture; Krishna says as much to Arjuna over and over: “I am the Self in the heart of every creature, Arjuna, and the beginning, middle, and end of their existence.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

86. “It asks us to renounce not the enjoyment of life, but the clinging to selfish enjoyment whatever it may cost others.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

87. “O guide of the Ganas! be thou the writer of the Bharata which I have formed in my imagination, and which I am about to repeat.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

88. “Thus every act or thought has consequences, which themselves will have consequences; life is the most intricate web of interconnections.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

89. “The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

90. “To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast to him there, or he must give up his work altogether. Since, however, man cannot live without activities that are both human and various, we must learn to keep God in everything we do, and whatever the job or place, keep on with him, letting nothing stand in our way. It would be difficult to find a better summary of the Gita’s message anywhere.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

91. “Man’s powers, if properly exerted, only follow his Destiny, but Destiny alone is incapable of conferring any good where Exertion is wanting.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

92. “For in this world Being is twofold: the Divided, one; The Undivided, one. All things that live Are “the Divided.” That which sits apart, “The Undivided.” Higher still is He, The Highest, holding all, whose Name is LORD, The Eternal, Sovereign, First! Who fills all worlds, Sustaining them. And – dwelling thus beyond Divided Being and.”

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa