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Advaita Vedanta Quotes

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"Advaita Vedanta claims that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the universe, everything in the universe is a manifestation of consciousness, and we are that consciousness."
"How many realities are there in this universe? If it is one without a second, then you have Advaita. Well, it literally means non-dual, not two."
"The ultimate reality is not an object... According to Advaita Vedanta, all of these are objects, and what are they an object to? That is the reality."
"That which you are experiencing as Samsara is actually an appearance; it's not an absolute reality. What is reality lies right there."
"The emptiness of emptiness... how delightful that is to an Advaitan's ear."
"This language, the seeing oneself, the self in all beings and all beings in the self, this expresses the highest realization in Advaita Vedanta."
"Advaita Vedanta is the art of the shortcut in spiritual life."
"Advaita Vedanta is direct; it is concerned solely with self-realization and enlightenment."
"In Advaita Vedanta, the journey is from ignorance to knowledge, from not realizing to realizing your true self."
"Advaita Vedanta teaches that you are the unlimited awareness, immortal awareness right now."
"A problem-free, infinite, indubitable, certain existence is what Advaita Vedanta reveals."
"Your existence is the irrefutable proof of the existence of God in Advaita Vedanta."
"Advaita Vedanta teaches us that we are not the body or the mind, but the immortal self, always pure and free."
"Advaita Vedanta in its final analysis does not actually dismiss the world. What Advaita does is it makes you limitless."
"The reality which Advaita Vedanta talks about is not separated from us by space, time, or object."
"Advaita Vedanta is arguably the greatest philosophy on earth because of what it entails."
"Advaita Vedanta doesn't just claim that reality is one, but it shows through empirical understanding that we can awaken to knowing this oneness as well."
"Advaita is the complete opposite [of duality]; in fact, there is no duality in Advaita because it literally just means oneness."
"Advaita Vedanta... is life-changing, and I think it can change yours too."
"The world never really emerged, nor will it undergo dissolution. There’s really no one who’s bound, no one seeking enlightenment, and no one who becomes enlightened. This is the highest truth."
"Advaita Vedanta does not say it's all an illusion in the sense of a dream and therefore science is all fantasy."
"If you don't know much about classical music, you still like it. But if you know something about classical music, you enjoy it more. In the same way, Advaita Vedanta is something like that."
"Advaita Vedanta is simple, it's about one thing only: your own true nature."
"The true magic of Advaita path becomes evident when one appreciates the reality of the self."
"The ultimate realization in Advaita Vedanta is 'I am Brahman.'"
"Tat tvam asi: you are that, in the present tense."
"Advaita is not for erasing our experience of the universe. It's for being open to every manifestation in the universe."
"Oneness, the central message of Adi Shankara and Advaita."
"Insight in Advaita Vedanta can throw the mind into Samadhi."
"The guru is very important in Advaita Vedanta... what God has in dualistic approaches."
"Advaita Vedanta is not meant for erasing the experience of the universe. It makes you completely free and limitless."
"In case of enlightenment, only the relative react is necessary, it will remove the ignorance about Brahman but the experience 'I am Brahman,' that is because of Brahman not because of the reflected Consciousness."
"Greater than the greatest, smaller than the smallest, tinier than the tiniest, vaster than the vastest."
"If these two contradictory things you can understand at the same time, then you will understand Advaita Vedanta."
"The very definition of falsity in Advaita Vedanta is borrowed existence, dependent existence."
"What is truth according to the Advaita Vedantin ultimately is that which cannot be canceled."
"The central teaching of Advaita Vedanta is the divinity within man and the oneness of all existence."
"Brahman is real, the world is an appearance, and you are Brahman."
"The central message of Advaita Vedanta."
"Advaita Vedanta in one word means non-duality."
"The central teaching of Advaita Vedanta is that Brahman is the absolutely and this is one absolute non-dual reality."
"The essence of Advaita is 'Ekam evadvitiyam', there is only one without a second."
"Advaita Vedanta cannot dismiss the experience of the multiplicity but what it can negate is the reality of that multiplicity."
"Pure being and pure Consciousness is the same; this is the conclusion of advaita vedanta."
"The beauty of Advaita Vedanta is that all you need is your quotidian experience."
"The role of the teacher is vital, especially in Advaita Vedanta, which is a knowledge-based approach."
"The whole point of Advaita Vedanta is to say that you, in reality, are the absolute truth."
"Advaita Vedanta teaches that thou art, that you are Brahman."
"Advaitam brahmaveda brahma bhavati; by knowing this Brahman, one becomes Brahman."
"This is the grand teaching of Advaita Vedanta, the end result of self-inquiry."
"Advaita Vedanta says such a thing is possible to attain that ultimate realization, illumination."
"You are limitless, you appear as the universe, and you are not a doer of any action."
"I am Brahman is the experience of enlightened beings."
"The secret of action... shows us the very heart of Advaita Vedanta."
"That thou art, Tat Tvam Asi, is the heart of Advaita Vedanta."
"This vast limitless awareness which we are, is the first thing to be appreciated in Advaita Vedanta."
"Vedanta is very high; Advaita Vedanta is a finishing school for spirituality."
"You are that, that is the heart, the essence of Advaita Vedanta teaching."
"That thou art, Tat Tvam Asi, is the very heart of Advaita Vedanta."
"The essence of Advaita Vedanta is negating all names and labels."
"The ultimate system which you get in Advaita Vedanta is fully based on Upanishads."
"Jivan mukti is actually the goal of Advaita Vedanta; everything continues as it is, this body also continues as it is till its death, but you realize that you are Brahman."
"Your individual Consciousness is not individual, and is conscious that limitlessness, non-individuality of that Consciousness, that's all that Advaita Vedanta wants to point out."
"God realization and self-realization are the same in Advaita Vedanta."
"It's about my favorite subject, Advaita Vedanta, non-dual Vedanta."
"Advaita Vedanta tells us if you know your true nature, you will be able to transcend all suffering and attain complete peace and happiness."
"The attainment of my cherished desire, so we are studying the means for enlightenment in Advaita Vedanta."
"The method in Advaita Vedanta is first the teaching is given, this is called shravana, literally hearing."
"The entire spiritual journey according to Advaita Vedanta... you remain as Brahman."
"Seeing the way Shankaracharya has approached it, he has taken the terms from various yoga practices and given them the Advaita meaning, the non-dualistic Vedantic meaning."
"An essential step in Advaita Vedanta is to clarify what I am."
"Brahma satyam jagat mithya. Satyam, true real existence; Mithya, appears to exist but has no intrinsic existence."
"Apart from pure existence, consciousness, bliss, there is no second thing called a universe."
"Whatever one experiences is nothing other than Brahman."
"Advaita Vedanta is a late comer actually, but it's a culmination."
"What we Advaitins have done is we have taken the best from each school."
"Advaita Vedanta tells us that we are Brahman, existence, consciousness, bliss."
"The whole method of Advaita Vedanta is this: First, we are to distinguish the Atman from the not-self."
"Advaita actually makes a pretty bold claim that it is more true to experience than anything else."