“Just as a rope that is not clearly ascertained at dusk is imagined to be such things a snake or a line of water, so likewise the Self is imagined as various objects”
― Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher
― Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher
“A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.”
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“Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it is heaven, wealth, peace and truth; it is grace; it is the state of divine silence; it is the deathless death; it is jnana, renunciation, final liberation and bliss.”
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“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
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“But creation must be from the very nature of the radiant Self — for what desire can there be for the one has accomplished everything?”
― Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher
― Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta's First Philosopher
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