--- title: "8 Abandon Quotes By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" description: "8 Abandon quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. Plus more from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and more Abandon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_playing-with-various-approaches-may-be-d_520546.png" --- > [Playing with various approaches may be due to resistance to going within, to the fear of having to abandon the illusion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/playing-with-various-approaches-may-be-due-to-resistance-to-going/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_playing-with-various-approaches-may-be-d_520546.png) > [If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/if-you-seek-reality-you-must-set-yourself-free-of-all-backgrounds-of/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_if-you-seek-reality-you-must-set-yoursel_812473.jpg) > [Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/use-your-mind-remember-observe-you-are-not-different-from-others-most/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_use-your-mind-remember-observe-you-are-n_1045603.png) > [Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/your-burden-is-of-false-self-identifications-abandon-them-all/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_your-burden-is-of-false-self-identificat_1073711.png) > [Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/abandon-the-false-and-you-are-free-of-pain-truth-makes-happy-truth/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_abandon-the-false-and-you-are-free-of-pa_1498963.png) > [Abandon false ideas, that is all. There is no need of true ideas. There aren't any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/abandon-false-ideas-that-is-all-there-is-no-need-of-true-ideas-there/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_abandon-false-ideas-that-is-all-there-is_2149990.png) > [Even faith in God is only a stage on the way. Ultimately you abandon all, for you come to something so simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/even-faith-in-god-is-only-a-stage-on-the-way-ultimately-you-abandon/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_even-faith-in-god-is-only-a-stage-on-the_2419368.png) > [Words can bring you only up to their own limit; to go beyond, you must abandon them. Remain as the silent witness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/words-can-bring-you-only-up-to-their-own-limit-to-go-beyond-you-must/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_words-can-bring-you-only-up-to-their-own_3092125.png) ## Other authors on Abandon ## More by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj > [Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/forgetting-your-self-is-the-greatest-injury-all-the-calamities-flow/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/there-is-nothing-to-do-just-be-do-nothing-be-no-climbing-mountains/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/let-the-dream-unroll-itself-to-its-very-end-you-cannot-help-it-but/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [As long as the mind is there, your body and your world are there. Your world is mind-made, subjective, enclosed within the mind, fragmentary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/as-long-as-the-mind-is-there-your-body-and-your-world-are-there-your/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/i-ask-you-what-is-the-taste-of-your-mouth-all-you-can-do-is-to-say-it/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [It is your restlessness that causes chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/it-is-your-restlessness-that-causes-chaos/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-go-beyond-the-mind-you-must-be-silent-and-quiet-peace-and-silence/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/absolute-perfection-is-here-and-now-not-in-some-future-near-or-far/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Having never left the house you are looking for the way home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/having-never-left-the-house-you-are-looking-for-the-way-home/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/once-you-understand-that-the-false-needs-time-and-what-needs-time-is/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-universe-is-but-a-partial-manifestation-of-your-limitless/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/in-reality-time-and-space-exist-in-you-you-do-not-exist-in-them/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/whatever-happens-happens-to-you-by-you-through-you-you-are-the/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [Life is love and love is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/life-is-love-and-love-is-life/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) > [The real does not die, the unreal never lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-does-not-die-the-unreal-never-lived/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/#itemlist", "name": "8 Abandon Quotes By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Playing with various approaches may be due to resistance to going within, to the fear of having to abandon the illusion of being something or somebody in particular.Of all the affections the love of oneself comes first. 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