338 Quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj

Pure knowledge is not imparted by another; it comes unmasked. It is the one that is listening: it is your own true nature.

What is beautiful? Whatever is perceived joyfully is beautiful. Bliss is the essence of beauty.

In reality, time and space exist in you. You do not exist in them.

When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected.

Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don’t want to suffer, don’t go to sleep.

The man who carries a parcel is anxious not to lose it – he is parcel-conscious. The man who cherishes the feeling ‘I am’ is self-conscious. The jnani holds on to nothing and cannot be said to be conscious. And yet he is not unconscious. He is the very heart of awareness. We call him digambara clothed in space, the Naked One, beyond all appearance. There is no name and shape under which he may be said to exist, yet he is the only one that truly is.

Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.

Knowledge gives power. In practice it is very simple. To control yourself, know yourself.

Freedom to do what one likes is really bondage, while being free to do what one must, what is right, is real freedom.