4,826 Quotes About Self

Scriptural knowledge is achetan (inanimate; lifeless), nevertheless it still it takes one towards chetan (animate, the eternal pure Soul). And Gnani’s [the enlightened one’s] Knowledge is Chetan [animate]. When one attains the Gnani’s [the enlightened one’s] Knowledge, that Knowledge itself will continue to do all the work.

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.

If we don’t look within nature, we cannot look within ourselves. If we cannot admire the clear and sweet world, we cannot appreciate our clear and sweet selves… as the soul cannot flow in without a source.