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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book I (35)
Faithful, persistent application to any object, if completely attained, will bind the mind to steadiness.
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (1)
WHEN thus vigour has been nurtured, it is well to fix the thought in concentred effort; the man of wandering mind lies between the fangs of the...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (27)
Beloved Mind, if thou hast a Desire to this Way, and wouldst attain it, and the noble Virgin in the Tree of Pearl, then thou must use great...
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.26)
Whenever and wherever the restless and unsteady mind wanders, one should bring it back and continually focus it on God.
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.61)
Having restrained all the senses the harmonized should sit intent on me. His wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door (30.7)
Whatever thou desirest will come to pass. Think not upon evil actions which might turn the course [of thy mind]. Remember thy [spiritual]...
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (176)
If thou extendeth the Fiery Mind to the work of piety, thou wilt preserve the fluxible body.
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (30)
Thou must continue steadfast in this resolute Purpose; and though thou gettest no Virtue [or Strength] into thy Heart, and though the Devil also...
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XXII (22.3)
The second is, a copy or ensample by which thou mayest learn. The third is to give earnest heed to the master, and watch how he worketh, and to be obe...
Dhammapada
Chapter III: Thought (35)
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.24)
Having abandoned all desires born of the ego-centric will, having restrained the group of senses with mind from all sides, one should attain quietude...
Bhagavad Gita
Akṣhara Parabrahma Yoga (8.8)
With practice, O Parth, when you constantly engage the mind in remembering Me, the Supreme Divine Personality, without deviating, you will certainly...
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (226)
Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive after Nirvâna, their passions will come to an end.
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Circulation of the Light and Protection of the Centre (7)
Everything depends on there being no interruption. The beginning and the end of the work must be one. In between there are cooler and warmer moments, ...
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching (45)
Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure. Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide....
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Circulation of the Light and Making the Breathing Rhythmical (7)
Buddha said: When you fix your heart on one point, then nothing is impossible for you. The heart easily runs away, so it is necessary to gather it...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.53)
When your intellect which is perplexed by hearing the various sastras becomes steady and immovable in ecstatic concentration, then you shall attain...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 2: A short stirring to meekness, and to the work of this book (2)
Do on then, I pray thee, fast. Look now forwards and let be backwards; and see what thee faileth, and not what thou hast, for that is the readiest...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door (30.6)
At this time, thou must form, without distraction, one single resolve in thy mind. The forming of one single resolve is very important now. It is...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Third Method of Closing the Womb-Door (32.9)
Meditating thus, resolve firmly that thou wilt hold on to that [resolution]. It hath been said, in the Tantras, 'The door of the womb will be closed...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 12: That by virtue of this work sin is not only destroyed, but also virtues begotten (1)
For this is only by itself that work that destroyeth the ground and the root of sin. Fast thou never so much, wake thou never so long, rise thou never...
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