Dattātreya > Quotes

“Sometimes naked, sometimes mad. Now the scholar, now the fool.
Thus they appear on earth: the free men.”
― Dattātreya, Avadhuta Gita

“Common people, becoming foolishly involved with regard to their sense of action, are perplexed at every turn; if, on the other hand, they think and then act, they will be free from all misery.”
― Sri Dattatreya, Tripura Rahasya

“[Note: Brahma originally had five heads. He and Vishnu were once contesting each other’s superiority. Just then a huge column of light appeared in front of them and they wondered what it was. They agreed that he who found either end of the column earlier would be the greater of the two. Vishnu became a boar and sought the bottom; Brahma became a swan and flew up towards the top. Vishnu returned disappointed. Brahma at the point of despair came across a falling screwpine flower. He stopped its descent and asked from where it was coming. All that it knew was that it was falling from space and nothing more. Brahma persuaded it to bear false witness and claimed superiority over his rival. Siva was enraged, snipped off that head which spoke the lie, and declared himself as the column of light.]”
― Sri Dattatreya, Tripura Rahasya

“That one God who shines within everything, Who is formless like the cloudless sky, Is the pure, stainless, Self of all. Without any doubt, that is who I am.

Lord Dattatreya. The Avadhoota Gita”
― Dattātreya, Avadhuta Gita

“Bhrigu,”
― Sri Dattatreya, Tripura Rahasya