The Satsang Foundation

When the mind becomes quiet, which is the aim of all forms of meditation, one comes face to face with one’s consciousness.

Based on what I have learnt from my experience, suddenly everything grinds to a halt and there is a blank

To be truthful, there is really no little self. All the great sages who have gone deep into the question, “Who am I?”

When the mind is absolutely still, when it is no longer engaged in what we call ‘worship’—where every worship has a worshipper and the worshipped

Those who have transcended the external rites of religion should begin to look within to find the true essence. This is very essential

One has to carefully and vigilantly watch one’s self as one actually is, before proceeding to explore the possibilities of finding the Truth.

Self-realization is to understand oneself and, in the process of understanding oneself, break down innumerable illusions

The most important kind of meditation is when a human being, one day, realises that the whole circus that is going on around him, this whole world that he has built up around him, has suddenly collapsed!

This (examination to know thyself) is possible only in the midst of society. You cannot really study your mind—that is ‘to know your Self’—in isolation. Sitting in a cave, there is no one with whom you can interact—no one to get angry with, no one to be jealous of, no one to assault in anger.

Words are very powerful! If somebody doesn’t know the language, they won’t understand a word, they won’t know what you are saying.

“The first step is to understand your self, your strengths, your weaknesses, what you actually are. And not start with super-imposing the idea that I am Great, I am Blissful, I am this being and that being. Let us find out who I am? Which means where do I stand? What is the position that I start?

The whole theory of Maya does not mean that the world is an illusion. The world is a reality, but the theory of Maya

Whenever a Satya Kama—one who searches for nothing but the Truth—sits in humility before a teacher, with his mind

Vedanta rejects the myth that reality is external to the human mind and acknowledges consciousness as the source of the entire Cosmos.