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“Just as a rope that is not clearly ascertained at dusk is imagined to be such things a snake or a line of water, so likewise the Self is imagined as various objects”
― Richard H Jones, Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher

“What does not exist in the beginning or in the end is also nonexistent in the present.”
― Richard H Jones, Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher

“He who is continually fixed on Om knows no fear anywhere.”
― Richard H Jones, Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher

“But creation must be from the very nature of the radiant Self — for what desire can there be for the one has accomplished everything?”
― Richard H Jones, Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher

“Thus, the unborn alone exists. [27] The birth of what exists only occurs through Brahman’s power of projection, but from the point of view of what is Real it is not truly born. But one who thinks that such birth is real must think that what is already born is born a second time.”
― Richard H Jones, Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher