Roy Melvyn > Quotes

“You must find your own way. Unless you find it yourself, it will not be your own way and will take you nowhere. Earnestly live your truth as you have found it, act on the little you have understood. It is earnestness that will take you through, not cleverness”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“Believe me; the effort needed is as nothing when compared with the discoveries arrived at.”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“Sariputra asked of the devakanya, 'What have you gained or attained that has given you supernatural powers?' The devakanya answered, 'Just because I have really neither gained nor attained anything whatsoever, I can be as I am.”
― Roy Melvyn, Essential Readings in Zen

“One moment of enlightenment Illuminates the emptiness before you.”
― Roy Melvyn, Essential Readings in Zen

“All change affects the mind only. To be what you are, you must go beyond the mind, into your own being. It is immaterial what is the mind that you leave behind, provided you leave it behind for good.”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“A quiet mind is all you need. All else will happen rightly, once your mind is quiet. As”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“See clearly your condition, your very clarity will release you.”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“Pain and pleasure are in the mind. Change your scale of values and all will change. Pleasure”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“For this [self-realization], you need a well-ordered and quiet life, peace of mind and immense earnestness.”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta

“You imagine that your possessions protect you. In reality they make you vulnerable. Realize”
― Roy Melvyn, The Essential Nisargadatta