Advaitavad Quotes

“A student asks, "Sir, if you're enlightened, why are you stuck in this body?" Guru replies, "This body is a drop in the ocean. I am the ocean, not a drop. Since you identify yourself as a drop, you only see drops around you.”
― Shunya

“A character can't get out of a story. But thankfully, you're not a character. You are just attached to a character.”
― Shunya

“There are a hundred layers of dust and you are saying, 'This layer is mind, this layer is soul. I want to remove this and save this.' No. All of it is mind. All of it has to go. You have to go. What will remain is the divine you.”
― Shunya

“Imagine an absolute vacuum in which nothing exists. Then air, water, trees, mountains, clouds, thoughts and all other forms of matter and energy appear inside it. Mind can merely imagine that vacuum. But you can feel it. Because you're that vacuum.”
― Shunya