Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Abandon Copy Share Image
Who was born first, you or the world? As long as you give first place to the world, you are bound by… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Body Copy Share Image
You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Deep thought Copy Share Image
Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Bondage Copy Share Image
Your burden is of false self-identifications—abandon them all. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Abandon Copy Share Image
The only difference between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are bemused.... We discover it by… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Differences Copy Share Image
Imagine a dense forest full of tigers and you in a strong steel cage. Knowing that you are well protected by the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Cages Copy Share Image
Easier to change, than to suffer. Grow out of your childishness.That is all. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Change Copy Share Image
To expound and propogate concepts is simple, to drop all concepts is difficult and rare — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Concepts Copy Share Image
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 Acceptance Copy Share Image
I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Embracing love Copy Share Image
It is only your self-identification with your mind that makes you happy or unhappy. Rebel against your slavery to your mind, see… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Acquisition Copy Share Image
I am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the past or imagine the future. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Desire Copy Share Image
Give your real being a chance to shape your life. You will not regret it. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Chance Copy Share Image
Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don't want to suffer, don't go to sleep. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Going to sleep Copy Share Image
Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It is only when the mind refuses to flow with… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Flow Copy Share Image
Between the banks of pleasure and pain flows the river of life. If you spend much time on either bank you will… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Flow Copy Share Image
The search for Reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings, for it destroys the world in which you live. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Dangerous Copy Share Image
The innermost light, shining peacefully and timelessly in the heart, is the real Guru. All others merely show the way. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Guru Copy Share Image
A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Happens Copy Share Image
All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance -… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Acceptance Copy Share Image
Don't ask the mind to confirm what is beyond the mind. Direct experience is the only valid confirmation. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Asks Copy Share Image
Everything has a beginning and an end, pain and does pleasure. Dont anticipate and dont regret, and there will be no pain.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pain Copy Share Image
Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Attention Copy Share Image
Get hold of the main thing: That the world and the self are one and perfect. Only your attitude is faulty and… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Attitude Copy Share Image