The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it. By… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic. People come and go; you register without response. It may not be easy… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Stop, look, investigate, ask the right questions, come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
When pain is accepted for what it is, a lesson and a warning, and deeply looked into and heeded, the separation between… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Learn to live without self concern. For this you must know your own true being as indomitable, fearless and ever victorious. Once… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Live your life without hurting anybody. Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art of shifting the focus of attention to ever subtler levels, without losing one's grip on the levels left behind. (...) Save all your energies and time for breaking the wall your mind had built around… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share
Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care of itself. You do not tidy up a dark room. You open the windows first. Letting in the light makes everything easy. So, let us wait with improving others until we see ourselves as we are/… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share
There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Let the dream unroll itself to its very end. You cannot help it. But you can look at the dream as a dream, refuse… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
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,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Having never left the house you are looking for the way home — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The universe is but a partial manifestation of your limitless capacity to become. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
