"Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection……" — Walpola Rahula

"Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent. For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Atman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically."

— Walpola Rahula

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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God)… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Enquire: 'Who am I?' and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge… — Anandamayi Ma
By listening to your higher self, or Atman, you can return to the truth that's already inside of you and… — Russell Simmons
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Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable… — Mahatma Gandhi
This is the secret of spiritual life: to think that I am the Atman and not the body, and that… — Swami Vivekananda
Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action? — Adi Shankara
You're all Buddhas, pretending not to be. You're all the Christ, pretending not to be. You're all Atman, pretending not… — Marcus Thomas
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and… — Swami Vivekananda
Say - i am the Atman in which my lower ego has become merged for ever. Be perfect in this… — Swami Vivekananda
Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition. — Swami Vivekananda

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