The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
The source of the ego is God.
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
Silence is also conversation.
Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.