Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 788 Death: 820
Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as….
Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?.
From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-gita is the manifest quintessence of all the ….
Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead t….
You never identify yourself with the shadows cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. T….
All the manifested world of things and beings are projected by imagination upon the substratum which is the Eternal All-pervading Vishnu, whose natur….
There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness..
Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized..
Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is n….
Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory wo….
Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda]..
To be free from bondage the wise person must practise discrimination between One-Self and the ego-self. By that alone you will become full of joy, ….
The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it..
But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient..
What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal..
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This ha….
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship or enmity. Se….
Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which….
Just as a stone, a tree, a straw, grain, a mat, a cloth, a pot, and so on, when burned, are reduced to earth (from which they came), so the body and ….
When your last breath arrives, Grammar can do nothing..
Reality can be experienced only with the eye of understanding, not just by a scholar.