Where were the initiated who, attaining Atman in sleep, could retain it in consciousness, in life, everywhere, in speech and in action? (Location 108)
‘In truth, the name of the Brahman is Satyam. Indeed, he who knows it enters the heavenly world each day.’ (Location 116)
‘What is meditation? What is abandonment of the body? What is fasting? What is the holding of breath? It is a flight from the Self, it is a temporary escape from the torment of the Self. It is a temporary palliative against the pain and folly of life. (Location 228)
The drinker does indeed find escape, he does indeed find a short respite and rest, but he returns from the illusion and finds everything as it was before. He has not grown wiser, he has not gained knowledge, he has not climbed any higher.’ (Location 234)
Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them. (Location 413)
Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them. (Location 474)
Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach their goal, if they can think, wait and fast.’ (Location 691)
He saw that the water continually flowed and flowed and yet it was always there; it was always the same and yet every moment it was new. (Location 1109)
He did not await anything with impatience and gave neither praise nor blame—he only listened. (Location 1142)
He learned from it continually. Above all, he learned from it how to listen, to listen with a still heart, with a waiting, and an open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgement, without opinions. (Location 1166)
slight. His heart is proud and hard. He will probably suffer much, make many mistakes, do much injustice and commit many sins. (Location 1299)
He had learned this from the river: to wait, to have patience, to listen. (Location 1385)
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Within Siddhartha, there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. (Location 1414)
From that hour Siddhartha ceased to fight against his destiny. There shone in his face the serenity of knowledge, of one who is no longer confronted with conflict of desires, who has found salvation, who is in harmony with the stream of events, with the stream of life, full of sympathy and compassion, surrendering himself to the stream, belonging to the unity of all things. (Location 1478)
‘When someone is seeking,’ said Siddhartha, ‘it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.’ (Location 1501)
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Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.’ (Location 1528)
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. (Location 1530)
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During deep meditation, it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman. (Location 1546)
Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can harm me. (Location 1549)
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It seems to me, Govinda, that love is the most important thing in the world. It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.’ (Location 1582)