“(…) if you can change yourself you will find that no other change is needed. To change the picture you merely change the film, you do not attack the cinema screen! (…) Clarify your mind, purify your heart, sanctify your life – this is the quickest way to a change of your world.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Source: I am That, P.129.

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Nisargadatta Maharaj 138

Indian guru 1897–1981

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