Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Embrace life fully to ensure that death is a joyful farewell instead of a mourning occasion.
This quote encourages individuals to live their lives to the fullest, appreciating every moment and experience. By doing so, one can view death not as a tragic end, but as a continuation of the celebration of life, allowing for a more positive and meaningful transition when the time comes.
Themes
LifeDeathCelebrationExperienceEmbrace
In practice
Example use cases
A speaker at a memorial service might use the quote to highlight the joy of the person's life.
More from B.K.S. Iyengar
All quotes →Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Similar quotes
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell_x000D_ And I feel like I'm comin' home.
Bruce SpringsteenRead
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything, like information and laughter and summer weather and so many stories.
Melina MarchettaRead
Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life.
Boris PasternakRead
She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
Zora Neale HurstonRead
There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.
Stephen KingRead
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Agnes De MilleRead