"There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is……" — Adi Shankara
"There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness."
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Adi Shankara
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19 Quotes by Adi Shankara
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Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego -…
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The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.
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Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature…
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Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They…
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When your last breath arrives, Grammar can do nothing.
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Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?
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Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is…
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Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual…
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Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the…
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Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental…
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But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and…
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The witness of the three states of consciousness [waking, dream and deep sleep] and of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is…
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