338 Quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj

The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.

Whatever comes and goes, is not reality. See the event as event only. Then you are vulnerable to reality, no longer armoured against it, as you were when you gave reality to events and experiences.

It is not the right advice that liberates, but the action based on it.

In my world love is the only law. I do not ask for love, I give it.

Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desires and fears. Let them come and go. Don’t give them the nourishment of interest and attention...

In reality there are no persons, only threads of memories and habits. At the moment of realization, the person ceases.

It is just like your tape-recorder. It records, it reproduces – all by itself. You only listen. Similarly, I watch all that happens, including my talking to you. It is not me who talks, the words appear in my mind and then I hear them said.

You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet, keep it quiet. Don’t get bored with peace, be in it, go deeper into it.

Your burden is of false self-identifications – abandon them all.