Baba Hari Dass: Self

Baba Hari Dass was master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition. Explore interesting quotes on self.

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“The embodied soul has two purposes to fulfill: Experience the world, and get liberation from all experiences. If the self were not in bondage then the two purposes would not be fulfilled.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996, p.2

World , Soul

“The nondual state is characterized by the absence of individuality; it can be described as eternal peace, pure love, Self-realization, or liberation”

Baba Hari Dass

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book I, 1999
Context: Yoga is defined as a method – the process of nirodha (mental control) – by which union (the goal of yoga) is achieved. Yoga is therefore both the process of nirodha and the unqualified state of niruddha (the perfection of that process). The word yoga (union) implies duality (as in joining of two things or principles); the result of yoga is the nondual state..., or as the union of the lower self and higher Self. The nondual state is characterized by the absence of individuality; it can be described as eternal peace, pure love, Self-realization, or liberation. (Sutra 2, Bk I, p.5)

Love , Peace

“The Self is beyond birth, death, gender, class, and religion - only the body wears those labels.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, 1986, p.27

Death , Religion , Birth

“Q: How do you define ego? A: Ego is life. To keep the body's existence is ego. It is the part of the mind which identifies a creature with the world. Ego self tells you, “This is my body,” and also tells you, “This is my Self.” It connects the two.”

Baba Hari Dass

Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977, p.15

Life , World , Parting

“Ch. II: Self - God within a Being”

Baba Hari Dass

Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, 1986