Nisargadatta Maharaj quotes - page 3

(...) Is not meanness also a form of madness? And is not madness the misuse of the mind? Humanity's problem lies in this misuse of the mind only. All the treasures of nature and spirit are open to man who will use his mind rightly. (...) Fear and greed cause the misuse of the mind. The right use of mind is in the service of love, of life, of truth, of beauty. (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
Do not undervalue attention. It means interest and also love. To know, to do, to discover, or to create you must give your heart to it – which means attention. All the blessings flow from it. View quote
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Reality can neither be proved nor disproved. Within the mind you cannot, beyond the mind you need not. In the real, the question ‘what is real?' does not arise. (...) View quote
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When I say I am free, I merely state a fact. If you are an adult, you are free from infancy. I am free from all description and identification. (...). View quote
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That which sees all this, and the nothing too, is the inner teacher. He alone is, all else appears to be. He is your own self (swarupa), your hope and assurance of freedom, find him and cling to him and you will be saved and safe. View quote
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Whatever name you give it; will, or steady purpose, or onepointedness of the mind, you come back to earnestness, sincerity, honesty. (...) We are complex beings, at war within and without. We contradict ourselves all the time, undoing today the work of yesterday. No wonder we are stuck. A little of integrity would make a lot of difference. View quote
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(...) the supreme state (...) is entirely one and indivisible, a single solid block of reality. The only way of knowing it is to be it. The mind cannot reach it. To perceive it does not need the senses; to know it, does not need the mind. View quote
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Whenever a form is infused with life (prana), consciousness (chetana) appears by reflection of awareness in matter. View quote
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(...) everything is inter-linked. And therefore everything has numberless causes. The entire universe contributes to the least thing. A thing is as it is because the world is as it is. (...) View quote
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(...) Just know that you are above and beyond all things and thoughts. What you want to be, you are it already. (...) desire nothing, for you lack nothing. The very seeking prevents you from finding. View quote
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(...)The body-mind is like a room. It is there, but I need not live in it all the time. (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
In the case of a beginner the practice of Yoga is often deliberate and requires great determination. But those who are practicing sincerely for many years are intent on self-realization all the time, whether conscious of it or not. Unconscious sadhana is most effective, because it is spontaneous and steady. View quote
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(...) Life itself is the Supreme Guru; be attentive to its lessons and obedient to its commands. (...). View quote
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What has been attained may be lost again. Only when you realize the true peace, the peace you have never lost, that peace will remain with you, for it was never away. Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost? That which is there before the beginning and after the ending of everything; that to which there is no birth, nor death. (...). View quote
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Discard all traditional standards. Leave them to the hypocrites. Only what liberates you from desire and fear and wrong ideas is good. As long as you worry about sin and virtue you will have no peace. (...) View quote
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You are confused, because you believe that you are in the world, not the world in you. Who came first – you or your parents? You imagine that you were born at a certain time and place, that you have a father and a mother, a body and a name. This is your sin and your calamity! (...) View quote
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Those who know only scriptures know nothing. To know is to be. I know what I am talking about; it is not from reading, or hearsay. View quote
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The talk is in your world. In mine – there is eternal silence. My silence sings, my emptiness is full. I lack nothing. You cannot know my world until you are there. View quote
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Everything yields to earnestness. View quote
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(...) Salvation is to see things as they are. (...) View quote
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That in which consciousness happens, the universal consciousness or mind, we call the ether of consciousness. All the objects of consciousness form the universe. What is beyond both, supporting both, is the supreme state, a state of utter stillness and silence. Whoever goes there, disappears. It is unreachable by words, or mind. You may call it God, or Parabrahman, or Supreme Reality, but these are names given by the mind. It is the nameless, contentless, effortless and spontaneous state, beyond being and not being. (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
(...) A weak mind cannot control its own projections. Be aware, therefore, of your mind and its projections. You cannot control what you do not know. On the other hand, knowledge gives power. In practice it is very simple. To control yourself – know yourself. View quote
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All this is temporary, while I am dealing with the eternal. Gods and their universes come and go, avatars follow each other in endless succession, and in the end we are back at the source. I talk only of the timeless source of all gods with all their universes, past, present and future. View quote
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Your weakness is due to your conviction that you were born into the world. In reality the world is ever recreated in you and by you. See everything as emanating from the light which is the source of your own being. You will find that in that light there is love and infinite energy. View quote
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And what is death? It is the change in the living process of a particular body. Integration ends and disintegration sets in. (...) In death only the body dies. Life does not, consciousness does not, reality does not. And the life is never so alive as after death. View quote
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