Quotations

The root sorrow is about the wrong identity. One thinks one is the body. Being body-oriented, one becomes vulnerable to sorrows.

In “Kalaripayattu’ — the art of self-defense popular in Kerala — they say: Never do anything when you are angry because all your calculations

In the search for truth, austerity, chastity and faith has to be observed. Be chaste, be pure and have faith

You always think that only happiness is a blessing. Sorrow is a blessing too.

The world is such a funny place. You try to go behind something and it always runs away from you; you leave it and it tries

You see affection links the Supreme Manifestation, or even a great Teacher, to those who can benefit from it. This ‘affection’ doesn’t ask

You cannot practice attaining freedom in day-to-day life. Freedom is not something that you practice; it’s something that you attain

The central message is that, there is only One Supreme Being and that Supreme Being resides in the hearts of all.

You cannot conceive of a mind without thought; so the mind in totality is actually a bundle of thoughts from the past to the present and projecting into the future.

Vedanta says: when the mind understands its inability to reach out and find it, it finally rests or lets go; it surrenders,

When it comes to enquiry, or going within and finding oneself, one has to discard a number of misunderstandings and illusions not only inside but also those

An isolated understanding of something is a great detriment to the complete understanding of one’s self and the universe

The Vedantin searching for the truth comes across a certain set of conclusions and says: “Now this cannot be

The moment I go deep into my consciousness, my capacity to break the bonds with the past expands. I learn to break the fetters one by one,