Quotations

The best sign of your progressing in your meditation is something which is very self-evident.

So, when I sit alone, I am disturbed by various thoughts because most other people are thinking about something else.

‘Viveka’ means ‘intelligence’ – reasoning and trying to understand, what is permanent, and what is not permanent.

The Mahanirvana Tantra says, ‘Anantam Anandam Brahma’, which means ‘that Anandam which has no Antah,

In Vedanta, what the Vedantist does, is to examine the world around him and find out that it is impermanent.

Have you opened your window and by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon – a beautiful night –

Sometimes, what you think is misfortune is ‘fortune’ which comes in the garb of misfortune. Only then, you begin to think seriously,

So, all this fear of what will happen if I let go of my petty little self with its petty little world

When I’m enjoying something, even then there is a hidden element of unhappiness there, because I’m afraid

To be truthful, there is really no little self. All the great sages who have gone deep into the question

So you see by giving up the miserable little self, one is not lost. On the other hand, the Greater self is gained.

When one becomes aware of the mind which looks for happiness outside, when deep within lies the treasure trove,

(It is) in that utter stillness the ‘Truth’ comes into being. One understands one’s true reality.

When one understands perfectly and clearly that the only way is to make the mind still or to allow the mind to settle down

When the mind is absolutely still….when it is no longer engaged in what we call ‘worship’