March 24, 2010

Peace in the mind is more important than poise in the body.

Peace in the mind is more important than poise in the body. Peace in the body need not be accompanied by peace in the mind as our day to day problems and other issues my tear us apart. But if our mind is at peace , whatever happens in the body will not disturb us. Classical example- Ramana Maharishi. So we need to first control our mind. This is why yamas and niyamas were the first step and not asanas - in the system of Patanjali.

2 comments:

Aruna said...

It is interesting...Is there some classics (Books etc..) about Ramana Maharishi, his philosophies, teachings etc?

Regards

Krishna said...

There are plenty of books on Ramana Maharishi. One very good book is "Talks with Ramana Maharishi" which is well written.