A biography for Jaggi Vasudevhasn’t been written yet.
“A guru is like a live road map. If you want to walk uncharted terrain, I think it is sensible to walk with a road map.”
“When we step into a new terrain, we experience vast uncertainty. Uncertainty is just a situation that you do not know how to handle.”
“At times, it appears easy to sermonise on morality and ethics. But morality and ethics appear good only when applied to others, never on oneself.”
“The problem with humans is that they are unable to handle their own intelligence.”
“Communism is a way of thinking. Socialism is wimpy communism. When you don't have the courage to become a communist, you become a socialist.”
“When we say Tamil, we are not talking of a language but an entire civilisation.”
“Golf is basically about geometry and your ability to gauge how things are, the terrain, the distances, and exerting the right amount of swing and force.”
“If you impose morality on people, they will find ways to circumvent their guilt. They will make offerings to temples - or other places of worship - but also continue doing things that make them feel guilty.”
“What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do without this individuality.”
“Being mentally ill is not a joke. It is a most painful thing.”
“If you don't have very strong emotions or very intense thoughts about something, you cannot get depressed.”
“I speak passionately. I drive passionately. If I hit a ball, I will do it passionately, too. Because I don't understand how you go through life without involvement. Whatever I am doing in my life, whether big or small, I am 100 per cent involved.”
“Integrity is about pursuing bigger goals that are beyond your personal success. If people see you only for yourself, they will not trust you. And, without trust, no growth and success are possible.”
“Somebody accumulates a lot of muscle and think himself to be a big man. But this big man is only big when all around him are smaller.”
“Generally, I don't need any music to dance. For me, dance is not because of the music. It is simply because I've found the rhythm of life.”
“The process of wanting to clean India is not an overnight job. At the same time, if we can inspire all citizens, it would happen much more quickly.”
“The most fundamental strength of India is that we are a land of seekers. Seekers of truth and liberation. Not a land of believers. We are a godless nation.”
“India's rivers are undergoing a drastic change. Our perennial rivers are becoming seasonal. Many of the smaller rivers have already vanished.”
“Our life is a combination of a certain amount of energy and a certain amount of time.”
“The purpose of life is to explore one's own life to its fullest, to explore all dimensions.”