Astavakragita Quotes

“There shines the wise one who has no ego-sense and looks upon a cold of earth, a stone or a piece of gold as equal worth.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Even in inaction the ignorant is distracted due to commotion of the mind. The adept one, even when acting out his duties, remains unperturbed.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“He acts in pursuance of such a thought: this is done by the body, not by me, the pure Self.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The wise one is contented and devoid of desire: he does nothing even when in the eyes of the world he appears to act.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The emancipated one has neither aversion nor craving for the objects of the senses. With his detached mind he enjoys equally what is attained and what is not attained.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The wise man never suffers misery in this world, for he alone fills the whole constellation of the universe.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Je bent gelukkig, want je bent zoals jij,
Jij hebt dat niets dat je zelf bent,
Ik kijk naar me en ben zonder mij,
Ik ben degene die mij niet kent.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Abandon all such distinctions as ‘I am that’, ‘I am this’ and ‘I am neither this nor that’. Knowing that the Self is all, be free from identification and be happy.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Self-abidance is absolute happiness in all possible human conditions.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“As man coincides with the supreme Self, his deeds do not involve him.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The Self identifies itself with everything and every being, "from Brahma down to the tuft of grass", sets the desires at rest and becomes happy and serene since nothing exists for and outside of it.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Vedantic non-duality is based on direct experience.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“It is a marvel that in the boundless ocean of the Self creatures like waves rise, jostle, play with one another and merge spontaneously.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“In the boundless ocean of the Self, as the winds of mind arise, manifold worlds appear quickly as its waves.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“Just as the waves and the bubbles of foam are not different from the water, even so the universe streaming out of the Self is not different from it.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The Self abides in all existences and all existences abide in the Self.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“You are ever bound by the fetters of the ego-sense. With the axe of wisdom, 'I am pure consciousness', rend asunder the fetters and become happy.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“that I am the doer', this egoism bites one like a big black snake. 'That I am non-doer', drink this faith like nectar and be happy.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“All duality is misery, and self-abidance consists in the realization that the various pairs of opposites, whether empirical or abstract, are illusory entangling beings in the net of Maya.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme

“The self is stainless and perfect, beyond meaning and word. It is not only the transcendent and the unthinkable but also the serene, the blissful, the beautiful and the beloved.”
― Radhakamal Mukerjee, Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme