6 Quotes & Sayings By Prabhavananda

Prabhavananda was born on 29 January 1922 in Calcutta, India. He was trained as a lawyer, but abandoned his studies to devote himself to spiritual practice. He founded the Divine Life Society in 1936 with Sri Aurobindo and became its first president. He later became the first president of the Divine Life Society International Read more

He is the author of several books about yoga, including The Science of Mind and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the stars. Fire and lightening and winds are there, and all that now is and all that is not. Prabhavananda
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As the sun, revealer of all objects to the seer, is not harmed by the sinful eye, nor by the impurities of the objects it gazes on, so the one Self, dwelling in all, is not touched by the evils of the world. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35) Prabhavananda
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As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35) Prabhavananda
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That which is not comprehended by the mind but by which the mind comprehends–know that... Prabhavananda
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I cannot say that I know Brahman fully. Nor can I say that I know him not.... Nor do I know that I know him not. Prabhavananda