Nisargadatta Maharaj: Quotes about life

Nisargadatta Maharaj was Indian guru. Explore interesting quotes on life.
Nisargadatta Maharaj: 276 quotes35 likes

“If you look into living process closely, you will find cruelty everywhere, for life feeds on life. This is a fact, but it does not make you feel guilty of being alive. (…) From the animal point of view, being killed is not the worst form of dying; surely preferable to sickness and senile decay. The cruelty lies in the motive, not in the fact. Killing hurts the killer, not the killed.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Killing
Source: I am That, P.158.

“When effort is needed, effort will appear. When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself. You need not push life about. Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment, (…) Don’t be afraid, don’t resist, don’t delay. Be what you are. There is nothing to be afraid of. Trust and try. Experiment honestly. Give your real being a chance to shape your life. You will not regret.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Present moment
Source: I am That, P.140.

“The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Meditation
Source: "I am That." P.13.

“You need both clarity and earnestness for self-knowledge. You need maturity of heart and mind, which comes through earnest application in daily life of whatever little you have understood. (…).”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Earnestness
Source: I am That, P.124.

“As you are now, the personality is only an obstacle. Self-identification with the body may be good for an infant, but true growing up depends on getting the body out of the way. Normally, one should outgrow body-based desires early in life. (…)”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Self-identification
Source: "I am That." P.98.

“(…) In reality there is only consciousness. All life is conscious, all consciousness alive.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Awareness and consciousness
Source: "I am That." P.47.

“To remember what needs to be remembered is the secret of success. (…) What is supremely important is to be free from contradictions: the goal and the way must not be on different levels, life and light must not quarrel; behavior must not betray belief. Call it honesty, integrity, wholeness; you must not go back, undo, uproot, abandon the conquered ground. (…)”

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Integrity
Source: "I am That." P.12-3.