"Who are you?”, my answer would be: “Nothing……" — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

"Who are you?”, my answer would be: “Nothing in particular. Yet, I am."

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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224 Quotes by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines…
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but…
The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.
In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.
Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.
There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or…
There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse…
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention…
Give up the idea of being a person, that is all. You need not become what you are anyhow. There…
Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will.…
The only difference between us is that I am aware of my natural state, while you are bemused.... We discover…

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