Kapil Gupta > Quotes

“Live your life as a lonely stranger. As a wanderer filled with awe and wonder. Leave everything as you found it. For none of it belongs to you. Let the events happen around you, knowing that none of them are happening TO You. And you will live an equanimous life.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Why do I get angry when I am insulted? A: Because you entertain the verity of the insult.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“When the mind thinks that it knows, it creates a story. And it makes the person believe the fairy tale. But when it is confused, it has no story to tell you. So you are, for a brief moment, free to learn the truth. Independent of the mind.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“life’s nectar lies in experience, rather than reward. Rewards fade from memory. Experiences remain forever.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“That which comes from the heart is natural and satisfying. That which comes from the idea of responsibility is forced, artificial, and often produces resentment and the expectation for reciprocation.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“Insights are achieved in silence.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Two individuals who need each other will only have conflict. They can never have a relationship.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“We are slaves to ourselves. And we think that we are free. The greatest freedom that we have is the freedom to walk away from ourselves.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“And when a man becomes nothing, he instantly becomes Everything!”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Attachment gives birth to hope and need. If you are attached to them, you will need them to do certain things, achieve certain things, be a certain way, and behave toward you in a certain way. When they do not, it will cause you pain. When you experience pain, you will behave toward them in a way that pain compels you to behave. And they will behave toward you in a way that their need for freedom compels them to behave. And this will continue for the rest of your lives.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“The man who knows that he lives in a prison will find a way to break free of it. But the one who believes that he is free while being imprisoned will remained imprisoned forever.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“The false game is to give legitimacy to the notion that there is a hierarchy of importance among human beings.”
― Kapil Gupta, A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living

“Give time and money. And give it freely. But before giving it to another, give it to yourself. Spend lavishly, with your time and your money, on perfecting Yourself. Spend lavishly, with your time and money, on conquering Your mind. So that you may become a light to your loved ones, and the world.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“A relationship of peace is a relationship that is more parallel than perpendicular. It is two individuals that move side by side. Rather than two individuals that intersect. A maintenance of individuality and freedom results in the prevalence of peace.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“If every man and woman were encouraged to address their own needs and their own issues and faults, we would have a society filled with wisdom rather than a society filled with ideals.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Fear is the natural consequence of man not knowing himself.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“If you are serious about living a peaceful life, drop all matters pertaining to the world, and pursue all matters pertaining to yourself.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Anger is born of unfulfilled desire. It is born of unfulfilled expectation.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“Man does not seek world peace. He seeks self-peace.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“Responsibility is a societal creation. No one is truly responsible for another. You do not owe your children anything. They do not owe you anything. If you wish to do, then do. If they wish to do, they may also do. That which comes from the heart is natural and satisfying. That which comes from the idea of responsibility is forced, artificial, and often produces resentment and the expectation for reciprocation.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“Forcing oneself is short-lived. As all things that are insincere are short-lived. If one is honest and sincere about his motivations, he will move with himself, instead of against himself.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“To guide people along the true path without them feeling your hand, is true guidance. To speak to them in such a way that they do not feel instructed, is true speech. To keep them in your orbit so that you may watch over them, without them feeling the slightest loss of freedom, is true caring. To invest in them the Truths that will keep them safe and successful in their journey of life, while surrendering the need to take ownership of these ideas so that they may take ownership of them, is wisdom and dispassion. These, and other secrets like it, is what the Master devotes his life to. It is this that he lives for.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“victory is something one experiences everyday, if he immerses himself in the joy of his craft, and in his sincere quest for learning it. Blood, sweat, and tears are fine. But rather than bleeding from wounds, is it not better to bleed from passion? Rather than sweating from a maniacal adherence to “hard work,” is it not better to sweat from an innocent immersion in one’s craft? Rather than tears of pain, is it not better to have tears of joy?”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Happiness and misery are two sides of the very same coin. To seek one is to seek the other.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“You’ve always been told to fight for your freedom Of mind. But the truth is this: the greatest freedom in the world is freedom From mind.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Rather than finding the thing that you can imagine yourself becoming, find the thing that you simply cannot imagine yourself Not Becoming.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“That anger is not as reactionary as you think it to be. It is a weapon that you enjoy using in order to protect your ego and to bolster it.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“The world refers to this state as resulting from a calm mind. But actually this is not the case. In such otherworldly experiences, it is not that the mind has been calmed or tamed. It is that, for a small fraction of time, the mind has disappeared! This is the state of No-Mind. The Japanese call it Mushin. It was referred to in the Tom Cruise movie, The Last Samurai. No-Mind is the gateway to Atmamun.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

“Because right and wrong are societo-religious creations. They have no basis in reality.”
― Kapil Gupta, Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

“Man’s greatest dilemma is that he lives in a prison and he believes that he is free.”
― Kapil Gupta, Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.