Light on Life book signing, Booksmith, Boston. Photo: Todd Semo Š2005
LIKE A F L AS H : A CO NVER S AT IO N W I T H B .K .S I Y E N G A R
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n Dec. 26, 2012, Manouso Manos and Patricia
level is in itself an enlightenment, for me. So I am not here for
Walden interviewed B.K.S. Iyengar at the Ramamani
advertising, that I want to say I am enlightened. I will certainly say
Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune. Stephanie
I am not enlightened. So that the matter is there only.
Quirk and Lois Steinberg were in attendance.
Enlightenment is not for publicity purposes.
Manouso: Sir, are you enlightened? Have you reached or
What I was, how I am growing, how I am developing my
attained samadhi?
intelligence, the sharpness, the confidence which I am getting, is no doubt a great thing. So from that angle, I say yes, in my
Guruji: Huh?
sadhana, really I am enlightening each day in my sadhana.
Patricia: (laughs)
Manouso: Yeah, how few people can say that.
Guruji: That cannot be answered at all. I will never answer
Guruji: So, culmination I cannot speak.
about my achievements. That is certain. If you ask me, I am just a student in the field of yoga. What I know is limited compared with
Patricia: Guruji, you’ve often spoken of loneliness and
what is not known to me. If I think of my life [in the] early days,
aloneness. Could you describe the difference?
[I was] a stupid man, uneducated, uncivilized. [To] come to this 36
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