Harshvardhan

“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“If a thousand suns were to rise
and stand in the noon sky, blazing,
such brilliance would be like the fierce
brilliance of that mighty Self. (11.12)”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“When your understanding has passed
beyond the thicket of delusions,
there is nothing you need to learn
from even the most sacred scripture.”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“Every moment the subatomic particles of which the body is composed arise and pass away. Every moment the mental functions appear and disappear, one after another. Everything inside oneself, physical and mental, just as in the world outside, is changing every moment. Previously, we may have known that this was true; we may have understood it intellectually. Now, however, by the practice of vipassanā-bhāvanā, we experience the reality of impermanence directly within the framework of the body. The direct experience of the transitory sensations proves to us our ephemeral nature.”
― William Hart, The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S. N. Goenka