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The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice QUOTES

1 " This transubstantiated body is also styled ativahika-deha or “superconductive body.” This omnipresent, luminous vehicle is endowed with the great paranormal powers (siddhi) acknowledged in all the scriptures of Yoga and Tantra. In the Yoga-Bîja, we find the following stanzas: The fire of Yoga gradually bakes the body composed of the seven constituents [such as bone, marrow, blood, etc.]. "

― Georg Feuerstein , The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice

2 " In yoga . . . many may take one path as a key in order to experience self-realisation while others take another path, but I say that there is absolutely no difference between the various practices of yoga.” —B. K. S. Iyengar, The Tree of Yoga, p. 15 "

― Georg Feuerstein , The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice

3 " Quantum mechanics, for example, shows us that we are not as separate from the rest of the world as we once thought. Particle physics shows us that the “rest of the world” does not sit idly “out there.” It is a sparkling realm of continual creation, transformation, and annihilation. The ideas of the new physics, when wholly grasped, can produce extraordinary experiences. The study of relativity theory, for example, can produce the remarkable experience that space and time are only mental constructions!4 "

― Georg Feuerstein , The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice

4 " Many are the gurus who rob the disciple of his wealth, but rare is the guru who removes the afflictions of the disciple. "

― Georg Feuerstein , The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice