338 Quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj

Moods are in the mind and do not matter. Go within, go beyond. Cease being fascinated by the content of your consciousness. When you reach the deep layers of your true being, you will find that the mind’s surface-play affects you very little.

Cooperate with your destiny, don’t go against it, don’t thwart it. Allow it to fulfill itself.

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

Contemplate life as infinite, undivided, ever present, ever active, until you realize yourself as one with it. It is not even very difficult, for you will be returning only to your own natural condition.

To be is to suffer. The narrower the circle of my self-identification, the more acute the suffering caused by desire and fear.

There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse in memory or communication.

The mind exists in two states: as water and as honey. The water vibrates at the least disturbance, while the honey, however disturbed, returns quickly to immobility.

If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.

You will get to your maturity quickly if you stay in the nothingness.