4,826 Quotes About Self

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

To constantly see one’s own (self) as ‘pure’, and to see other’s (self) as ‘pure’, is shuddha upayog (Pure applied awareness as the Self).

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

Nothing in this world can affect the one who is a shuddha upayogi (one who lives with pure applied awareness as the 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.

When is one considered to be in the awareness of ‘one’s own Self’? It is when all the desires become mild.

The Self is not what people believe it to be, or what the intellect can grasp. It is immeasurable. Where there is no measure, there is no scale, there is nothing at all that will work here! The Self is such that It can only be Known through the Knowledge of the Self. It is actually only through the Knowledge of the Gnani that the Self can be realized.

When can it be considered as Knowledge of the Self (AtmaGnan)? When it comes into effect. Otherwise, by saying, "I am a diamond," the diamond cannot be 'attained' [realized]. In the same way, in order to realize the Knowledge of the Self, the Self has to be Known with its intrinsic functional properties; and if the properties come into effect, then the Knowledge of the Self will be attained.

Complete shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is keval gnan (absolute Knowledge)