Baba Hari Dass Quotes

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

God is the only lover and He loves in different forms - parents, husband, wife, friend, children, animals. All are His forms and He, Himself, has no form.

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

When I was building Kenchi Ashram, which is in Nainital District, I was told by the villagers that Hariakhan Maharaj used to live in a cave there. I preserved that cave, which is behind Hanuman Temple at Kenchi.

In 1929, for the first time, I paid attention to the stories being told by older people about Sombari Maharaj and Hariakhan Maharaj.

..it was well known to people (in Kumoan villages) that Babaji Maharaj's (Hariakhan Baba) age was several thousand years and that he was present at the War of Mahabharata at the time of Krishna.

How many teachers did you have? A: Myself.

Your body is the temple of your soul. Your soul is God's temple.

Pleasure has desire in it. Desire is pain. There is no satisfaction. So pleasure is pain.

Teach to learn. Watch yourself before you teach.

Using siddhis (powers) is not good for those who possess them. It can also trap the mind into desires. By being pure in mind siddhis will come by itself, and a yogi should not try to show his powers. First thing is to have siddhis and then not to get trapped in siddhis.

Q: Did you start life like us with lots of demands, and what spurred you to give it up?
A: When I was six or seven, I would feel I was inside a box of earth and sky, and I would weep. Once I asked my mother: "Take me out of this box of earth and sky." She said, "I can't." Then I said, "I'm going."

Religion of your upbringing is like a cloak - you must know how it is made in order to take it off.

The ashram [religious hermitage] protects man from the world. Man must protect himself from the ashram.

When a person realizes peace inside by doing yoga, he will not smoke and get peace disturbed. The peace obtained by yoga is much higher than the pleasure of smoking.