338 Quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj

The window is the absence of the wall, and it gives air and light because it is empty. Be empty of all mental content, of all imagination and effort, and the very absence of obstacles will cause reality to rush in.

The sum and substance of my teaching is this: Don’t be dishonest to your vital breath; worship that only, abide in that only, accept it as yourself. And when you worship in this manner, it can lead you anywhere, to any heights- this is the quintessence of my talks.

You are already perfect, only you don’t know it. Learn to know yourself and you will discover wonders.

It is this clash between desire and fear that causes anger, which is the great destroyer of sanity in life. When pain is accepted for what it is, a lesson and a warning, and deeply looked into and heeded, the separation between pain and pleasure breaks down, and both become experience – painful when resisted, joyful when accepted.

Abandon false ideas, that is all. There is no need of true ideas. There aren’t any.

Simply look at whatever happens and know that you are beyond it.

To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.

You are not what you think yourself to be, I assure you. The image you have of yourself is made up from memories and is purely accidental.

There is in the body, a current of energy, affection and intelligence, which guides, maintains and energizes the body. Discover that current and stay with it.