Advaita / Nonduality
Quotes on nature of the Self and Non-duality
“The essential Understanding is that in reality nothing is. This is so obvious that it is not perceived.” Wei Wu Wei “There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.” Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) “The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory. Why [...]
‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson Quotes
Everything comes from, appears in, and returns to this natural emptiness. The coming and going of things is transience, but the cognizing emptiness, being empty, does not come and go. Being empty, it is of itself no thing. It can never be filled or emptied of things, for things appearing in emptiness have no independent [...]
Nisargadatta Maharaj Quotes
You are not in the body, the body is in you! The mind is in you. They happen to you. They are there because you find them interesting. Put your awareness to work, not your mind. The mind is not the right instrument for this task. The timeless can be reached only by the timeless. [...]
Ramana Maharshi Quotes
That pure consciousness which is the reality, and which shines without a break, as “I AM” when the mind becomes calm, is the supreme bliss. The enlightened one that has become one with the unchanging supreme consciousness, like a river that has become one with the ocean, takes birth no more in a body. All [...]