So long as duality persists in you the Guru is necessary. Because you identify yourself with the body you think the Guru, too, to be some body. You are not the body, nor is the Guru. You are the Self and so is the Guru. This knowledge is gained by what you call Self-Realisation.
~ Sri Ramana Maharshi, “Talk 282”, 16th November, 1936 (at New Haven Zen Center)
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It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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VSeeing All As Sacred
In the union of form and emptiness, our bodies and minds and the whole phenomenal world are not rejected but rather are found to be direct expressions of the sacred.
— Aura Glaser, “Into the Demon’s Mouth”
#Shunyata #Śūnyatā (at New Haven Zen Center)
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The extent of your realization will be known when you encounter difficult circumstances. You will not know the extent of your realization when things go well.
The difficult circumstances will reveal your hidden faults.
~ Khenpo Munsel (at New Haven Zen Center)
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“Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn what you are not.”
― Mooji (at New Haven Zen Center)
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“It is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.”
— Ramana Maharshi, Talk 485 (at New Haven Zen Center)
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The Power of Perspective
Only a being’s perspective leads to suffering. Two people in the exact same situation, according to their outlook and expectations, can have completely different experiences. Turn that around, and any conditions can be a vehicle for bondage—or freedom and awakening.
- Vinny Ferraro, “The Heartful Dodger” (at Hamden, Connecticut)
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“Begin with the admission that you do not know and start from there.
You can start only from where you are.
Theories may be good as starting points, but must be abandoned, the sooner – the better.
Your own self is your ultimate teacher. The outer teacher is merely a milestone. It is only your inner that will walk with you to the goal, for he is the goal.”
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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A good mind is like a rich ground of gleaming gold, lighting up the whole sky with its golden radiance. But if body, speech, and mind are not tamed, there is very little chance that you will achieve any realization whatsoever. Be aware of your thoughts, words, and actions at all times.
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (at New Haven Zen Center)
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