Adi Shankara Quotes on Mind
Adi Shankara was an Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, the school of non-dualism. This page collects quotes attributed to Adi Shankara on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Adi Shankara:
“Brahman alone is real; the world is illusory; the individual self is non-different from Brahman.”
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Attributed to Adi Shankara:
“Knowledge of the Self is the only means to liberation.”
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Attributed to Adi Shankara:
“The mind alone is the cause of bondage and liberation for human beings.”
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Attributed to Adi Shankara:
“Pleasure and pain are mere ideas, transient and unreal; renounce them.”
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Attributed to Adi Shankara:
“He who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings has no fear.”