Sadhguru Quotes

Just sitting silently for a few minutes within the sphere of Dhyanalinga is enough to make even those unaware of meditation experience a state of deep meditativeness. - Sadhguru (on the Dhyanalinga meditation shrine at Isha Yoga Centre, India)

There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment.

If you are not using your mind for self-torture, why would you think of peace?

If you resist change, you resist life.

If somebody is hurting and it does not hurt you at all, that means you have forsaken your humanity.

For the sake of the world he married Sati. But once did, he surrendered totally to the union.
Immense passion happened between them. The years rolled by, their love making was recorded as the most intense in human history.

Love is your quality. Love is not what you do. Love is what you are.

It is unfortunate that we have moved from intuition to information.

One of the biggest problems in the world today is loneliness. It is quite incredible. The planet is teeming with seven billion people, but people are lonely! If someone enjoys being alone, there is no problem at all. But most people are suffering because of it! They are going through serious psychological problems as a consequence. If you are lonely, it is because you have chosen to become an island unto yourself. It doesn’t have to be this way. “I am not responsible” makes you unwilling to get along with anyone — until you can’t even get along with yourself. It often comes to a point when you believe you are not even responsible for what is happening within yourself!

The moment it is in touch with the earth, the body recognizes it. That is why spiritual people in India walked barefoot and always sat upon the ground in a posture that allows for maximum area of contact. In this way, the body is experientially reminded that it is just a part of this earth. Never should the body forget what it is. If it forgets, it will start making fanciful demands; if you constantly remind it, then it knows its place.

Success will come easy once you function at your full potential.

Why are you stingy about your desires? Why don't you be magnanimous? Why don't you be infinite in your desires? It is not just about 'I want to be well.' I want you to be really greedy about your ambition and desire and say: ‘I want the whole existence to be well. I want all life to be well. -Sadhguru

The identity around which the intellect functions is called ahankara.

All we can ever experience happens from within us.

If you handle your entire life with logic alone, you will end up a mess.