"So long as man recognizes an entity outside himself—in other words, so long as a world and a God exist apart from him, he cannot have complete detachment or absolute peace. The unique state of serene peace can be attained only in a non-dual state."
~ Swami Tapovanam
(From 'Wanderings in the Himalayas' by Swami Tapovanam)
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"Note how Vairagya (dispassion, detachment, or renunciation) arises in the mind. The transitory and perishable nature of all things creates a sort of disgust in all minds, and in proportion to the depth and subtlety of nature, this reaction from the world works more or less powerfully in the mind of every individual. An irresistible feeling arises in our mind—that the finite can never satisfy the lnfinite within us, that the changing and perishable cannot satisfy the changeless and deathless nature of ours. When you are fully aware of the magnitude of human sufferings in this miserable, relative world, you will naturally begin to discriminate between what is real and what is unreal."
~ Swami Sivananda
(From 'Daily Readings'/The Wrestle Against Finitude)
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The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. The ultimate goal is to realize this truth, to understand the impermanence of the physical body and the permanence of the Self, and to perform one’s duties without emotional attachment, thereby achieving the eternal state of the Self.
The interactions between the senses and their corresponding objects produce feelings such as heat, cold, pain, and pleasure. They are transitory and impermanent. Therefore, learn to endure them bravely. A calm person, who is not afflicted by these feelings and is steady in pain and pleasure, becomes fit for immortality.
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"The eyes of the whole world are now turned towards this land of India for spiritual food; and India has to provide it for all the races. Here alone is the best ideal for mankind; and Western scholars are now striving to understand this ideal which is enshrined in our Sanskrit literature and philosophy, and which has been the characteristic of India all through the ages."
"...Our sacred motherland is a land of religion and philosophy — the birthplace of spiritual giants — the land of renunciation, where and where alone, from the most ancient to the most modern times, there has been the highest ideal of life open to man."
~ Swami Vivekananda
(Complete Works / Vol.3 / Reply to the Address of Welcome at Pamban)
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"If you are attached to human happiness, you are in for a lot of trouble, because nightmares are inevitable along with the beautiful dreams. But if you will think of a dream as a dream, whether it is enjoyable or dreadful, you will have peace. When you realize that life is a dream, then you are free."
~ Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
(From 'Journey to Self-realization' by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda)
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"Till one becomes simple like a child, one cannot get divine illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge (conceptual conditionings) that you have acquired and become as ignorant of it as a child; then you will get the knowledge of the Truth."
~ Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Sayings, 419)
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"A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away."
~ Sri Aurobindo
(Bases of Yoga: Art of living, p.3)
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"On the dissolution of the upadhis, the contemplative one, is totally absorbed in 'Vishnu', the all-pervading attributeless Spirit, like water into water, space into space or light into light." (verse 53)
Identification with the upadhis of body, mind and intellect has occasioned the expression of ego-personality. No doubt, it may appear that there are other limiting factors, but all of them arise because of one's association with these three evils.
The seeker who wants to end the conditioned existence and discover the whole in him, should withdraw his mind from the said 'upadhis'. When I no more identify myself with the individuality in me; when the egocentric existence, which is the Reality reflected in the mind and intellect, is sublated, then – like water into water, space into space or light into light, I come to merge with the Vishnu, the all-pervading.
Naturally, when my limited existence is made unlimited, I can be nothing else but the all-pervading. The stains on the mirror having been washed out, the reflection is now brighter and clearer. When the equipments are sublated, the Muni, a man of reflection or contemplation, comes to experience the inner bliss without any admixture or qualitative distinction (nirvisheshatvam).
When the Vishnu or the all-pervasive nature of one's own Self is realised as the Self in all, one remains totally merged in Him (the true Self of one and all) in eternal joy, losing one's own limited individuality.
[From Adi Shankaracharya's Atmabodha – Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda]
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"Do not become a slave of your own thoughts. One who has reached the stage where there is no thought will not have to do anything for his sustenance, for his protection. Whatever experience there is in the world, there is no doer. Everything happens spontaneously. Space is everywhere but Consciousness is prior to space. The light of Consciousness is space. You will experience its vastness when your body-consciousness goes."
~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
(From 'Meditations with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj' by Suresh Mehta)
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Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever; any other knowledge satisfies wants only for a time. (Words such as 'Spirit', 'Self', 'God' or 'Source of creation' are one and the same as they represent the same Truth.) It is only with the knowledge of the Spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever; so helping man spiritually is the highest help that can be given to him. ~ Swami Vivekananda
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