174 Quotes About Self-and-non-self

Where there is dhyan (meditation; internal state of being), there is no egoism and where there is egoism, there is no dhyan.

Get your work done through the direct present link of Akram Vignan. One has listened far too long to the indirect (via scriptures), the enlightened ones who is not present now. Take advantage of the present living (pratyaksh) gnani [the living enlightened one] so that you will have the direct experience of the Soul (our Real Self).

All that comes to an end is a vishaya [subject of pleasure]. That which does not come to an end, is the Soul (our Real Self).

To say that someone is 'wrong', is equivalent to throwing dirt on one's own Soul.

Talks about the Self (Atma) and absolute Self (Parmatma) have no strain of worldly interactions in them. The Lord (Mahavira) has referred to that as silence.

Who is considered to have become a Vitaraag (free from all worldly attachments)? It is the One who remembers nothing else besides the Self and the instruments that help attain the Self!

The Soul (Atma) is not the one who leads a worldly life (sansaari), nor is it the one who does not lead a worldly life (asansaari). All this 'to lead a worldly life-to not lead a worldly life ' is for the body.

Where indeed is the happiness in this worldly life? These are illusory beliefs. That is why ‘we’ openly say that, “The happiness that you seek cannot be found in ‘this’ (worldly life). Happiness is in the Self (Atma).” ‘We’ have tasted that happiness, ‘we’ have experienced it. That is why ‘we’ tell everyone, “Come on ‘this side’ (of the Self), there is no happiness on the ‘other side’ (in worldly life)!

In worldly life, no one will become our very own. It is only our Soul that is our very own. Where everything is relative, what is there (to expect)?