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Quotes about Alone by Adi Shankara

  • Brahman alone is real, the world is the appearance [of Brahman]; and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and Atman, individual self.
  • To be free from bondage the wise person must practise discrimination between One-Self and the ego-self. By that alone you will become full of joy, recognising Self as Pure Being, Consciousness and Bliss.
  • By the raft of Knowledge alone will you be borne over all sin.
  • Know Him, the Purusha, who alone is to be known . . . that death may not affect you.