2,111 Quotes About Self-realization

The one who is not at home, he is wandering outside. Similarly, the one who is not in the worldly life, he is wandering around in religion.

The one with the Right belief of Pure Soul (samkiti) is beneficial to himself & others. The one with the Wrong belief of the Self (mithyatvi) is harmful to himself & others.

People with wrong belief (of the self) live for others (other than himself), and those with the right belief live for the Self (Pure Soul).

As long as attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) exist, one will not experience the Self (self realization will not occur).

Do you want to remove your chit (focus) from worldly objects? Who can remove it? You, can, right? You meaning Chandubhai? How can you remove it without first deciding, ‘Who are you?

Graha (things getting accumulated) are not to be reduced. Parigraha, murchha-bhaav (being swooned by material objects or by living beings) needs to be reduced. Graha is a gneya (something to be known while remaining in the state of pure soul).

There is no problem if graha (things getting accumulated) does not turn into parigraha (acquisitiveness; that what takes one away from the Self). Parigraha leaves when murchha (spiritual unconsciousness) leaves. And when you become a non-doer (akarta), arambha (beginning of any action) leaves. Kevalgnan (absolute knowledge) occurs when arambha-parigraha leaves.

One who knows sankalp (I) - vikalp (my) is nirvikalp (Pure Soul, the Real Self). To believe the function (dharma) of the mind as one’s own function, is sankalp (I) –vikalp (my). And to know the function of the Self to be his own, is nirvikalp (Pure Soul, the Real Self). When one becomes nirvikalp (Pure Soul), he attains the state of fearlessness.

The Self is kalpswaroop (becomes what it contemplates). If kalpswaroop remains nirvikalp (free from I-ness and my-ness), then it is a parmatma, and if it remains as vikalp (I-ness), then it is sansari (worldly living being). To live as nirvikalp, it is difficult to attain that even in millions of lifetimes. Only when one meets a Gnani Purush (the enlightened one), such a state can be attained.