Prem Prakash Quotes

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? (112-113)

I am fond of reminding my yoga students of the saying “It takes one to know one” when they become lost I condemnation and judgment of others. The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness. The world is little more than a Rorschach blot in which we see our own desire systems projected. We see what we want to see. (116)

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)