Madhusudana Sarasvati Quotes

Madhusudana Sarasvati was a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Indian Advaita Vedantin philosopher, traditionally regarded as one of the greatest Advaita systematists between Sankara and the modern period. His Advaitasiddhi, the Establishment of Non-Dualism, mounted the most thorough Advaita reply to the dualist arguments of Madhva and his school, while his Bhakti-rasayana, the Elixir of Devotion, defended the philosophical legitimacy of devotional bhakti within the strict Advaita framework, in which the non-dual self is held to be the only ultimate reality. The quotes below are attributed to Madhusudana Sarasvati, organized by topic.