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 …

- Adi Shankara

Reality can be experienced only with the eye of understanding, not just by a scholar

- Adi Shankara

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…

- Adi Shankara

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…

- Adi Shankara

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…

- Adi Shankara

When your last breath arrives, Grammar can do nothing.

- Adi Shankara

What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal.

- Adi Shankara

Curb your senses and your mind and see the Lord within your heart.

- Adi Shankara

The world, like a dream full of attachments and aversions seems real until the awakening.

- Adi Shankara