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Conversation—B K S Iyengar

By B. K. S. Iyengar — 2014

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32:21 min

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FindCenter Quotes Image The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires.

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FindCenter Quotes Image Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.

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