Ifs Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

25 Ifs quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s voice often turns the ordinary into a mirror for the soul. Here, 25 of his meditative “Ifs” invite you to pause, question, and glimpse a deeper current beneath everyday moments.

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What you need will come to you if you do not ask for what you do not need.

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If you believe in God, work with Him. If you do not, become one.

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Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don't want to suffer, don't go to sleep.

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If you want peace and harmony in the world, you must have peace and harmony in your hearts and minds.

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You will get to your maturity quickly if you stay in the nothingness.

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To know that you are neither the body nor mind, watch yourself steadily and live unaffected by your body and mind, completely…

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Between the banks of pleasure and pain flows the river of life. If you spend much time on either bank you will…

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If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events.…

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The legitimate function of the mind is to tell you what is not. But if you want positive knowledge, you must go…

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You are not the mind. If you know you are not the mind, then what difference does it make if it's busy…

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If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to…

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Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it. By…

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If you imagine yourself as separate from the the world, the world will appear as separate from you and you will experience…

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In your world everything must have a beginning and an end. If it does not, you call it eternal. In my view,…

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Surely the memory of an event cannot pass for the event itself. Nor can the anticipation. There is something exceptional, unique, about…

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You need not get at it, for you are it. It will get at you, if you give it a chance. Let…

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To understand suffering, you must go beyond pain and pleasure. Your own desires and fears prevent you from understanding and thereby helping…

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We grow through investigation, and to investigate we need experience. We tend to repeat what we have not understood. If we are…

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Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your…

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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the…

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Inquire, investigate, doubt yourself and others. To find truth, you must not cling to your convictions; if you are sure of the…

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If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling.…

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My actual experience is not different. It is my evaluation and attitude that differ. I see the same world as you do,…

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When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in…

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My stand is clear; produce to distribute, feed before you eat, give before you take, think of others before you think of…

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Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.

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Having never left the house you are looking for the way home

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The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become.

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In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.

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Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.

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Life is love and love is life.

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The real does not die, the unreal never lived.

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