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title: "25 Real Quotes By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj"
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> [The real you is timeless and beyond life and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-you-is-timeless-and-beyond-life-and-death/)

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> [Give your real being a chance to shape your life. You will not regret it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/give-your-real-being-a-chance-to-shape-your-life-you-will-not-regret/)

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> [When all names and forms have been given up, the real is with you. You need not seek it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/when-all-names-and-forms-have-been-given-up-the-real-is-with-you-you/)

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> [We miss the real by lack of attention, and create the unreal by excess of imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/we-miss-the-real-by-lack-of-attention-and-create-the-unreal-by-excess/)

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> [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/)

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> [Real happiness is not vulnerable, because it does not depend on circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/real-happiness-is-not-vulnerable-because-it-does-not-depend-on/)

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> [You know that you are. Don't burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-know-that-you-are-don-t-burden-yourself-with-names-just-be-any/)

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> [The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-desire-for-truth-is-the-highest-of-all-desires-yet-it-is-still-a/)

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> [What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/what-is-the-worth-of-a-happiness-for-which-you-must-strive-and-work/)

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> [The innermost light, shining peacefully and timelessly in the heart, is the real Guru. All others merely show the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-innermost-light-shining-peacefully-and-timelessly-in-the-heart-is/)

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> [The real is behind and beyond words, incommunicable, directly experienced, explosive in its effect on the mind. It is easily had when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-is-behind-and-beyond-words-incommunicable-directly/)

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> [To find reality you must be real in the smallest daily action; there can be no deceit in the search for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/to-find-reality-you-must-be-real-in-the-smallest-daily-action-there/)

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> [Freedom to do what one likes is really bondage, while being free to do what one must, what is right, is real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/freedom-to-do-what-one-likes-is-really-bondage-while-being-free-to-do/)

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> [True happiness cannot be found in things that change and pass away. Pleasure and pain alternate inexorably. Happiness comes from the Self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/true-happiness-cannot-be-found-in-things-that-change-and-pass-away/)

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> [You merely dream that you roam about. In a few years your stay in India will appear as a dream to you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-merely-dream-that-you-roam-about-in-a-few-years-your-stay-in/)

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> [All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/all-happiness-comes-from-awareness-the-more-we-are-conscious-the/)

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> [The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing. Death gives freedom and power. To be free in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-moment-you-know-your-real-being-you-are-afraid-of-nothing-death/)

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> [Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will. Will is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/nothing-perceivable-is-real-your-attachment-is-your-bondage-you/)

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> [The real does not die, the unreal never lived. Set your mind right and all will be right. When you know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-real-does-not-die-the-unreal-never-lived-set-your-mind-right-and/)

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> [You are not in the world...the world is in you," what did he mean? \[That is, you are not in the world,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-are-not-in-the-world-the-world-is-in-you-what-did-he-mean-that-is/)

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> [Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/once-you-realize-that-the-world-is-your-own-projection-you-are-free/)

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> [Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/increase-and-widen-your-desires-till-nothing-but-reality-can-fulfill/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/you-need-not-get-at-it-for-you-are-it-it-will-get-at-you-if-you-give/)

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> [The world is an illusion. Why is it unreal? Because none of the knowledge is going to remain permanent, as real knowledge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/the-world-is-an-illusion-why-is-it-unreal-because-none-of-the/)

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> [All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be, are longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/all-you-want-is-to-be-happy-all-your-desires-whatever-they-may-be-are/)

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## Other authors on Real

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Life is love and love is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/life-is-love-and-love-is-life/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire is devotion. By all means be devoted to the real, the infinite, the eternal heart of being. Transform desire into love. All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be are expressions of your longing for happiness.",
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