167 Quotes About Vedanta

What would the doctors do if there were no patients? What would politicians do if there were no social problems? What would humanitarians do if there were no inhumanity? The opposite sides that seem to be fighting each other actually depend on each other, define each other, thrive with each other.

You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.

The Self is not many; there is only one Self. Because the forms, upadhis, are many, there are many people, whereas the Self is one whole consciousness, not bound by time.

A cave is formed naturally by interplay of the five elements, and your house is man-made. But what is man? Nothing but an interplay of five elements. Even the thoughts that you consider your own are nothing but fireplay happening in your mind. When you realize this truth, your house will also feel like a cave and your life will become a meditation.

Understand the difference between mystical art and mystical knowldge. Devotional music, life stories of mystics and gods, images, paintings etc. may temporarily transport you to mystical world but they can't give you mystical powers. Art is beautiful. Knowledge is boring. Ancient sages tried to mix art with knowledge. We discarded the knowledge but kept the art.

Meditation is spending time with the self. It is the time to be intimated with the soul.

All your spiritual knowledge will just remain a theory until you go in full solitude. How long will you keep talking to your shadows (people around you)?

When you're 'nothing', you're the origin of your reality. When you're a body-mind, you're the prisoner of your reality.

We see what our mind shows us, nothing less, nothing more. If there is a camel out there but our mind decides to show it as cow, we will see cow, not camel.We don't know what is actually out there. It maybe God Himself. But our limited mind shows us limited things.