Mohan Gaitonde > Quotes

“Being self-luminous, you see things in your own light.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Self-Love, The Original Dream: Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Direct Pointers To Reality

“In this world we come across poetic imagination and not Truth.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Nothing is Everything: The Quintessential Teachings Of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“By taking your body as yourself, you have hopes, desires and cravings for the things of the world. Instead, hope for your own Self, desire your Self.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Self-Love, The Original Dream: Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Direct Pointers To Reality

“There are as many temperaments as there are individuals, as many points of view as there are temperaments and as many directions as there are points of view.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Self-Love, The Original Dream: Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Direct Pointers To Reality

“V: What happens to the knowledge of the Jñani ? M: The knowledge dissolves or merges into the Jñani . The Jñani does not dissolve. The states of waking and sleep are absent in a Jñani . He has no name and form. All these remain upto Self-knowledge, but not beyond. All this is very easy, but it appears to be very difficult to comprehend. A rare one can realize it. One has to transcend not just the body, but even one’s consciousness. One goes beyond all knowledge. All these changes happen without any deliberate rejection of the old identities.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Nothing is Everything: The Quintessential Teachings Of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“In Reality, space is your body.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Self-Love, The Original Dream: Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Direct Pointers To Reality

“Absolute, which is nirguna or non-qualitative.”
― Mohan Gaitonde, Nothing is Everything: The Quintessential Teachings Of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj