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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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A prominent teacher of Advaita Vedanta who is best known for his teachings on non-duality and self-realization. His approach was direct and experiential, encouraging seekers to explore the nature of their own consciousness. His book, "I Am That," is a significant text in the study of Advaita Vedanta, offering profound insights into the nature of the self and reality. His teachings are valued for their simplicity and depth, guiding individuals toward understanding their true essence beyond the mind and ego.

The root of fear is the feeling of not being what you are.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

All will happen as you want it, provided you really want it.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

It is not what you do, but what you stop doing that matters.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Having never left the house you are looking for the way home.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right; mentally and emotionally. The physical self will follow automatically.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

All I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Suffering is a call for inquiry, all pain needs investigation.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

All will come through, not a single soul (jiva) shall be lost.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

All you can teach is understanding. The rest comes on its own.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Simply look at whatever happens and know that you are beyond it.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

If you believe in God, work with Him. If you do not, become one.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Surrender to your own self, of which everything is an expression.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sadhana is a search for what to give up. Empty yourself completely.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

In my world love is the only law. I do not ask for love, I give it.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Only the people who have gone beyond the world can change the world.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Don’t try to understand! It’s enough if you do not misunderstand.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj