Birth: December 30, 1879 Death: April 14, 1950
The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world.
Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of all. The method is ch….
The end of all wisdom is love, love, love..
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. It is not synon….
Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices..
Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world..
Silence is also conversation..
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is to b….
Peace is for the purification of one's mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then e….
You have to ask yourself the question 'Who am I?' This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind th….
If one watches whence the notion 'I' arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantr….
Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere..
When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence..
The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is n….
Till you reach the state of jnana and thus wake out of maya you must do social service by relieving suffering whenever you see it. But even then you ….
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner..
If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside..
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress..
You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you begin spiritual practices to….
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you..
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit..