Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka

Rotate the stomach quickly on both sides. This gets rid of all diseases and the bodily fire increases.

The entire universe consists of Vishnu.

Put the self in space and space in the self. When one sees the self as made of space, nothing else is perceived.

Purification, strength, steadiness, calmness, lightness, realization, and abstraction are the seven means of perfecting the body.

Like an unbaked pot in water, the body is always decaying. One should bake it with the fire of Yoga and make it pure.

Just as from studying the alphabet one may understand the scriptural teachings, so by practicing Yoga one may obtain knowledge of the Ultimate Reality.

Absorption in nada pacifies the restless mind, dissolving awareness of the external world.

Shambhavi mudra with breath control induces a state of superconscious absorption.

The guru's wisdom unveils hidden aspects of the self that the student could not perceive.

The experience of complete absorption reduces the significance of death to insignificance.