Adi Shankara: Self

Adi Shankara was Hindu philosopher monk of 8th century. Explore interesting quotes on self.

Adi Shankara: 38 quotes 5 likes

“Just as the fire is the direct cause for cooking, so without Knowledge no emancipation can be had. Compared with all other forms of discipline Knowledge of the Self is the one direct means for liberation.”

Adi Shankara

Source: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 4: Quote nr. 2.

Knowledge , Cooking

“The Soul appears to be finite because of ignorance. When ignorance is destroyed the Self which does not admit of any multiplicity truly reveals itself by itself: like the Sun when the clouds pass away.”

Adi Shankara

Source: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 7: Quote nr. 4.

Soul , Appearance , Sun

“Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the Supreme Self, which is the material cause and the prop of everything.”

Adi Shankara

Source: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 14: Quote nr. 8.

World , Water

“Brahman (the existential substratum) is the only truth, the world is illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self.”

Adi Shankara

Original: (hi) Brahma satyam jagat mithyam, jivo brahmaiva naparah

World , Truth , Self-confidence