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Saraha Quotes

Saraha was an early-medieval Indian Buddhist tantric master and poet, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mahamudra tradition of song and the first of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas of late Indian Buddhism. Born a brahmin and trained in the orthodox Vedic learning, he renounced his caste status to live as a low-caste arrow-maker with a tantric consort, in whose company, according to tradition, he attained awakening. The quotes below are attributed to Saraha, organized by topic.

Saraha on Freedom

  • Attributed to Saraha:

    “Renunciation is not the leaving of the world; it is the unbinding of the world from the heart.”

Saraha on Justice

  • “I turned to Max and I just said, 'I'm willing to have transactional deals with you if you can just put the kids to bed please,'" she said with a laugh. "That's about how romantic the suggestion felt too: 'I will pay you in other things, other currency, if you go ahead and put those kids to bed.”

    Sara Haines Asks Her Husband About Chores After Sex: 'He Got What He Wanted, I'm Gonna Get What I Want' People (January 4, 2024)

  • “Well I love Jo Koy and I thought the whole time I was so nervous for him because I think he is so funny. He is kind, he is good, you know all the things. What bothers me more in watching this is -- get a sense of humor because we need to protect these national treasures called our comedians, because life needs them. We need to stop binding them in, and fencing them in. And in that room, Jo Koy is punching up. No one feels sorry. Just smile,”

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Saraha on Knowledge

  • “We have three kids, we run in different directions. When I get him, I get him. He got what he wanted, I’m gonna get what I want. Did the plumber call?”

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  • “I stop and I say, ‘Babe, did the plumber call today?’" she laughed. "I need to wait a little longer. Which is why I look at my phone. Give him a full five minutes before I ask him a question.”

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  • “Sara Haines Asks Her Husband About Chores After Sex: 'He Got What He Wanted, I'm Gonna Get What I Want' People (January 4, 2024)”

    I turned to Max and I just said, 'I'm willing to have transactional deals with you if you can just put the kids to bed please,'" she said with a laugh. "That's about how romantic the suggestion felt too: 'I will pay you in other things, other currency, if you go ahead and put those kids to bed.

  • “Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines defend Jo Koy ABS-CBN News (January 10, 2024)”

    We need to protect these national treasures called our comedians because life needs them. We need to stop binding them in [and] fencing them in,

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Saraha on Life

  • “We need to protect these national treasures called our comedians because life needs them. We need to stop binding them in [and] fencing them in,”

    Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines defend Jo Koy ABS-CBN News (January 10, 2024)

Saraha on Mind

  • Attributed to Saraha:

    “The mind is the great seal; what is sealed by the mind cannot be unsealed by argument.”

  • Attributed to Saraha:

    “He who fastens his eyes on the moon does not need to study the finger pointing at it.”

Saraha on Politics

  • Attributed to Saraha:

    “Caste is a doctrine that has not yet learned to look at itself.”

Saraha on Truth

  • Attributed to Saraha:

    “Sing the Dharma to the marketplace, and the marketplace will receive it; sing it to the monks, and they will dispute it.”