Ramana Maharshi reminds us that silence alone can reveal the whole truth. Words, bound to duality, divide what is indivisible; silence unites and liberates. Even seekers well-versed in scriptures often remain entangled in the world of appearances, missing the essence. True teaching, as Ramana showed, does not lie in dialogue but in presence—in the quiet where the Self shines unobstructed. Silence is not emptiness but fullness, the eternal ground of being. To rest in it is to discover that truth is not attained but simply lived.
Category: My Quotes
Shut up, Nietzsche
“Shut up, Nietzsche, I have no more interest left in this world, except maybe to complain about how meaningless and … More
The Commandment
“God’s only commandment: Love.”
The Pretense
“All of us are pretending.”
God and Us
“We are all the different masks that God is wearing.”
The be-all and end-all for most people
“What is life as is commonly lived but one of daulat aur aurat.”
Introspect Thyself
“We are too acutely aware of society’s faults, and too little of our own.”
“Hell is Other People”. No, “To Hell with Other People”
Sartre’s “Hell is other people” reveals how the Other’s gaze traps our freedom. My retort, “To hell with other people,” rejects that entrapment, asserting an inner autonomy beyond judgment. Where Sartre diagnoses entanglement, I offer release — an existential Advaita that dissolves dependence on others’ definitions of self.
Says Who
“All Dharma is mere imagination because where there is only the One, where can there be any scope for Dharma.” “Make … More
Going to Stop Reading the Mayor of Casterbridge
I am going to stop reading the Mayor of Casterbridge (and indeed all literature, and maybe reading anything whatsoever any … More