2,111 Quotes About Self-realization

The relative (vyavahaar) is taught by one's mother and the Real (Nischay; the Self) is given by Gnani. Thereafter, nothing else remains to be Known.

Your vyavahaar (worldly interactions) should be pure, only then can the self become pure. Nobody should complain [about you].

The relative (vyavahaar) is worldly, dramatic [as one would in a drama, not real]; and the Self (Nischay) is beyond the world, real, original, decided.

Nischay (the firm resolve to remain as the Self) is within One's [the Self] control (Swadhin), vyavahaar (the relative; worldly interactions) is out of One's control (paradhin; subject to scientific circumstantial evidences) whereas the resultant effect [of vyavahaar] is even further out of One's control. We [the Self] only have to make the firm resolve to remain as the Self and not worry about vyavahaar. Vyavahaar is subject to external factors such as scientific circumstantial evidences.

Vyavahaar (the relative; worldly interactions) is something that needs to be settled (nikaali), whereas Nischay (the firm resolve to remain as the Self) is something that is to be acquired (grahaniya).

The one who misses out on remaining as the Self (Nischay), his worldly interactions (vyavahaar) can never really be ‘vyavahaar’.

The One who is free from the intent of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashay bhaav) is referred to as God.

There is a linking chain in the form of kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) between the Self and the non-Self.

From where have kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) come into existence? From vishay (sensual pleasure). It is not the fault of vishay, but it is the fault of ignorance of the Self. The root cause is ignorance of the Self.