Advaita Acharya Quotes

Dawn may not appear one to all. It depends on beholders how they look at life; whether they see the fading stars or the rising sun. ~ Ashmita Acharya

Advaita" in Sanskrit means "Non-Duality." This is a difficult concept for most people as we look about us and see multiple objects. But what we see are only transformations not permanent forms, whether we are speaking of a chair, a tree, or a human being. Each exists provisionally, but is certainly not lasting. One day the tree may become the chair and the human body will be eaten by worms. The "I" that observes all this may disappear and become another "I". ~ Justin Stone

It is a friend's duty that he does not leave his friend in a difficult position but provide intimacy and support to him. In difficulty who leaves is a false and the one not quitting is a true friend. ~ Acharya Mahapragya

This is what award-winning author and international journalist TIMERI MURARI had to say:

Dear Anant

I managed to read 'Skewed Fantasy' a charming story on Chitra and her problems with NRIs and her dreams.

Best wishes
Timeri ~ Anant Acharya

We are all reflections of each other in the vast mirror of motion and space. ~ Abhijit Naskar

External Situations Are Sometimes Beyond Our Control, But The Choice Of Thankfulness In Our Internal World Is Entirely Ours". ~ Venugopal Acharya

It's Only When We Are Deeply Connected To Our Inner Self That We Can Sustain Our Contribution To This World". ~ Venugopal Acharya

The time is changing and not only the policy makers of India, but the whole world is realizing the importance of Ayurveda. Who could have thought some years back that people with up-bringing in cosmopolitan culture would prefer bottle gourd juice or gooseberry juice over carbonated soft-drinks in the near future. ~ Acharya Balkrishna

Religion is the secret of life. It teaches us to love, to serve, to forgive, to endure, and to interact with our brothers and sisters with empathy and compassion. Advaita (non-duality) is a purely subjective experience. But in daily life it may be expressed as love and compassion. This is the great lesson taught by the great saints and sages of India, the exponents of Sanatana Dharma. ~ Mata Amritanandamayi

Dances an endless illusion, A woman of desire endures in my heart, I wait, O! Almighty cut the net of passion, You are the ultimate Source of light. Gitamohanam,(spiritual Hymns), ~ Manmohan Acharya

Spiritual enlightenment includes the realization that there is no 'there' to go to, and no one to go. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When We Enter The Space Of Eternity, We Feel Sheltered". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Often What Comes As Free, Targets Your Choice And Freedom-The Aim Is Not To Get Your Money But You". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Awareness Is The First Critical Step To Release Yourself From The Slavery Of The Mind". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Do people ever wonder about why it has been said that the mice shall play when the cat is away? ~ Amarjyoti Acharya

Leadership Is All About Character And Inspiration, And Not Position And Manipulation". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Sharing A Loving Silence with Your Partner Often Has More Power to Heal and Connect Than the Most-Well Intention Words". ~ Venugopal Acharya

If you want to understand God, then look no further than in the mirror at your home. ~ Abhijit Naskar

On Life and Death:

"Strange is the man who every day sees death, but never notice it. Yoga compelled us to realize the science of human transition and confer a purpose to substantiate the life with knowledge and virtues." - by Acharya Balkrishna ~ Acharya Balkrishna

Conflict Of Expectation Is The Seed Of Misery In Relationships". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Both Life And Death Offer Us A Choice. The Experience Of Death Lasts A Short Time And Has Less Variety, But The Adventure Of Living Is Longer, And Offers Us More Options. ~ Venugopal Acharya

Kids meditate on things, the adults meditate on the self. ~ Abhijit Naskar

When I feel broken, I cry like the monsoons; and when I glue the pieces back together, I swell and surge like the sea. And then I gradually become tranquil, peaceful, calm ... ~ Subarna Prasad Acharya

Looking At The Temporary Situations, We Make Permanent Decisions"! ~ Venugopal Acharya

I've always felt that there was something pathetic in the founders of religion who made it a condition of salvation that you should believe in them. It's as though they needed your faith to have faith in themselves. They remind you of those old pagan gods who grew wan and faint if they were not sustained by the burnt offerings of the devout. Advaita doesn't ask you to take anything on trust; it asks only that you should have a passionate craving to know Reality; it states that you can experience God as surely as you can experience joy or pain. And there are men in India today - hundreds of them for all I know - who have the certitude that they have done so. I found something wonderfully satisfying in the notion that you can attain Reality by knowledge. In later ages the sages of India in recognition of human infirmity admitted that salvation may be won by the way of love and the way of works, but they never denied that the noblest way, though they hardest, is the way of knowledge, for its instrument is the most precious faculty of man, his reason. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

To begin with, it seems like an effort to keep returning to the welcoming presence, but at some point it is so natural that it seems to require an effort to leave it. It feels like home. We no longer feel that we need to be entertained. ~ Francis Lucille

Thomas Merton, of course, constitutes a special threat to Christians, because he presents himself as a contemplative Christian monk, and his work has already affected the vitals of Roman Catholicism, its monasticism. Shortly before his death, Father Merton wrote an appreciative introduction to a new translation of the Bhagavad Gita, which is the spiritual manual or "Bible" of all Hindus, and one of the foundation blocks of monism or Advaita Vedanta. The Gita, it must be remembered, opposes almost every important teaching of Christianity. His book on the Zen Masters, published posthumously, is also noteworthy, because the entire work is based on a treacherous mistake: the assumption that all the so-called "mystical experiences" in every religion are true. He should have known better. ~ Seraphim Rose

Leadership Is About Care, Not Scare, It's About Giving, Not Taking". ~ Venugopal Acharya

God Sees The Future And Arranges Our Present While We See The Present And Plan Our Future". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Two wrongs never make a right. But that never means that you can continue with your wrongs. ~ Amarjyoti Acharya

If you want to conquer the stress,anger and illusion of life, live in the moment, enjoy your breathing, count your blessings. ~ Bhimsen Sapkota

Does a man who is acting on the stage in a female part forget that he is a man? Similarly, we too must play our parts on the stage of life, but we must not identify ourselves with those parts. ~ Ramana Maharshi

An Effective Leader Seeks To Understand And Address The Needs Of His Team Before Seeking The Fulfillment Of His Own Needs". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Have you ever seen a stereogram?
The 'Truth' the Stereogram shows us is there in front of us. Training and work doesn't make us see it.
It's a point of view, a different way of looking at it.
When you see it you try to explain it to someone else and you
realize you can't.
It simple, super simple, yet almost impossible to explain.
There are 'techniques' to see them but some people may spend
years trying without results. Others can do it in seconds.
It doesn't change the fact that the image is there all the time in
front of us.
And it's Beautiful. ~ T.R. Cordon

The wheel of Time wrote the first half of the poetry of mass destruction on the black board of the ashes of a funeral ground by dint of a pair of pens of nuclear bombs. ~ Manmohan Acharya

When the dust of desires is removed, people are automatically attracted to the God just as a dustless needle is attracted to the Magnet (God). ~ Arun Acharya

The truth is easy to express but hard to digest. ~ Sasa Acharya

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go. ~ Swami Vivekananda

God Is Never In Hurry, But He Is Always On Time". ~ Venugopal Acharya

A well-lived day is medicine unto itself. ~ Acharya Shunya

To Gain Knowledge One Has To Study Or Hear, But To Gain Wisdom One Has To Observe". ~ Venugopal Acharya