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Self Quotes by Adi Shankara
- Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This…
- There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness.
- Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?
- Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized.
- Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self…
- Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship…
- The witness of the three states of consciousness [waking, dream and deep sleep] and of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is the Self
- What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal.
- Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the…
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