The mind which has obtained a burning desire for Self-attention, which is Self-inquiry, is said to be the fully mature one.
Real silence means there is actually nowhere else for the mind to go .
Enlightenment means the end of all division. It is not simply having an occasional experience of unity beyond all division, it is actually being undivided. This is what nonduality truly means. It means there is just one Self, without a difference or gap between the profound revelation of Oneness and the way it is perceived and lived every moment of life.
Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion.
Without being concentrated by a magnifying glass, dry grass cannot be set alight by the rays of the sun, even though they bathe the whole earth evenly in their warmth. In the same way, it is only when focussed through the magnifying glass of your faith and devotion that the all-pervading warm rays of the buddhas’ compassion can make blessings blaze up in your being, like dry grass on fire.
The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
When by the flood of your tears the inner and outer have fused into one, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.
The Self is free of both sorrow and pleasure, is It not?
The Self is free of both humility and pride, is It not?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does the thought of attachment or non-attachment arise?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 20
The Self is free of both humility and pride, is It not?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does the thought of attachment or non-attachment arise?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 20
There is no distinction between the Giver and the gift;
There is no distinction between the Receiver of the sacrifice and the sacrifice.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could there be rewards for one's actions?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 19
There is no distinction between the Receiver of the sacrifice and the sacrifice.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could there be rewards for one's actions?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 19
Neither righteousness nor unrighteousness exist; right?
Neither bondage nor liberation exist; right?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does the thought of sorrow or happiness arise here?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 18
Neither bondage nor liberation exist; right?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does the thought of sorrow or happiness arise here?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 18
If neither desire nor repulsion exist within the female principle,
If neither pleasure nor pain exist within the male principle,
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does this sense of "I" and "mine" arise?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 17
If neither pleasure nor pain exist within the male principle,
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, does this sense of "I" and "mine" arise?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 17
The "male principle" (Purusha) and his consort do not exist;
The "female principle" (Prakriti) and her consort do not exist.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could such a relationship exist?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 16
The "female principle" (Prakriti) and her consort do not exist.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could such a relationship exist?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 16
It's futile to distinguish between the perishing and the Imperishable;
It's futile to distinguish between the created and the Uncreated.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can there be an Imperishable and a perishable?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 15
It's futile to distinguish between the created and the Uncreated.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can there be an Imperishable and a perishable?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 15
Is it not true that there are no life-stages or castes?
Is it not true that there are no causes or effects?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can one distinguish between the
perishable and the Imperishable?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 14
Is it not true that there are no causes or effects?
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can one distinguish between the
perishable and the Imperishable?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 14
There is no childhood - the "third stage" of misery;
There is no infancy - the "second binding rope."
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can there be old age, infancy, or childhood?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 13
There is no infancy - the "second binding rope."
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, can there be old age, infancy, or childhood?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 13
There isn't any difference between Prakriti and Purusha;
There isn't any difference between Cause and effect.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could one speak of Purusha (the Self) or not-Purusha?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 12
There isn't any difference between Cause and effect.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could one speak of Purusha (the Self) or not-Purusha?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 12
There's no distinction between the living and the dead;
There's no distinction between alike and different.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could one speak of going or coming?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 11
There's no distinction between alike and different.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could one speak of going or coming?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 11
и день и ночь, и стар и млад, и смех и горе, и там и сям, и то и се, и туда и сюда, ни два ни полтора, ни дать ни взять, ни сват ни брат, ни взад ни вперед, ни дна ни покрышки, ни то ни се, ни стать ни сесть, ни жив ни мертв, ни да ни нет, ни слуху ни духу, ни себе ни людям, ни рыба ни мясо, ни так ни сяк, ни пава ни ворона, ни шатко ни валко, ни тот ни этот, и муж и жена, и земля и небо.
Не ставится запятая в цельных фразеологи-зированных сочетаниях с повторяющимися союзами и... и, ни... ни (они соединяют слова с противопоставляемыми значениями).
Не ставится запятая в цельных фразеологи-зированных сочетаниях с повторяющимися союзами и... и, ни... ни (они соединяют слова с противопоставляемыми значениями).
You know there is a beautiful situation in Mahabharat. A time came when everybody had to be on some side, either this side or that side of the battle. When the time to choose came, Krishna said, “Either you can have me, or you can have my army which is ten-thousand strong.” Duryodhana chose the army, the Pandavas chose Krishna. And beforehand, Krishna said, “I’m not going to fight. I’m just going to be there.” So the Pandavas said, “It doesn’t matter what happens. We want you to be with us, that’s all.” Duryodhana thought, “These guys have a history of being stupid, and this crowns it all. You are going into a battle, and instead of picking a ten-thousand strong army, you pick one man, who is not willing to fight. This is the peak of stupidity.” But that made all the difference. And that is how life is.
If there's no distinction between a thought-image and the world,
If there' no distinction between a thought-image and the gods,
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could there be a distinction between the Real and the unreal?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 10
If there' no distinction between a thought-image and the gods,
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
How, then, could there be a distinction between the Real and the unreal?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 10
Neither space nor air is the Reality;
Neither earth nor fire is the Reality.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
Which, then, is the cloud and which is the rain?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 9
Neither earth nor fire is the Reality.
If there's only the limitless One, all is Shiva.
Which, then, is the cloud and which is the rain?
Sastodhyayah
Chapter 6, Verse 9
Now that you have learnt
what cannot be taught,
go your way.
Now that you have seen
what cannot be shown,
go your way.
Now that you have discovered
that which was not hidden,
go your way.
Now that we are united in
what is inseparable,
go your way.
Now that you have returned to
where you have never left,
go your way.
Now that you know That
which has no path,
go your own way.
what cannot be taught,
go your way.
Now that you have seen
what cannot be shown,
go your way.
Now that you have discovered
that which was not hidden,
go your way.
Now that we are united in
what is inseparable,
go your way.
Now that you have returned to
where you have never left,
go your way.
Now that you know That
which has no path,
go your own way.
You cannot be a part of Awareness.
You cannot be apart from Awareness.
You cannot be apart from Awareness.
We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.
Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another’s point of view.