174 Quotes About Self-and-non-self

The Soul (our true Self) has to be experienced, the Soul known through scriptures will not do. Work will not be completed through scriptural knowledge, work will be completed through experiential knowledge.

Moksha [Ultimate Liberation] is not found in the scriptures, Moksha is in the Soul [Our Real Self].

Upon completion of an in-depth study of the four Vedas, what do the four Vedas themselves say? “This is not That, this is not That! The Soul (your real self) that you are searching is not in here. Go to a Gnani [the enlightened one] !

The attainment of an established awareness of the Self (the Soul) transcends the four Vedas.

Indriya drashti (sensorial/sense-based/physical vision) creates attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh), enlightened vision (samkit drashti) sees only the Pure Soul (Shuddhatma).

In worldly state, the Soul [the Real Self, Atma] compresses and spreads according to the ‘vessel’ (the body); and in the state of moksha [the ultimate liberation], it is the same throughout.

The Soul [the Real Self] and the Gnan [True Knowledge] are always present in crowds, not in solitude. There is peace in solitude, not the (true) knowledge.

Who is doing this? Who am I? What is all this? Who is the doer? Who is the nimit (instrumental doer) of this? If all these remain present ‘at a time’ exactly the way it is, then that is considered shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self).

To know the difference between essence (that which is helpful) and non-essence (that which is not helpful) is called wisdom (good judgement). One cannot be called a human if he does not have the awareness of the essence and the non-essence.