Baba Hari Dass Quotes

You have everything and you want more. It's natural in human beings. You don't need to give away your house, money, and car, and leave your family to find God. The only thing necessary is to understand attachment.

Yoga is defined as a method – the process of nirodha (mental control) – by which union (the goal of yoga) is achieved. Yoga is therefore both the process of nirodha and the unqualified state of niruddha (the perfection of that process). The word yoga (union) implies duality (as in joining of two things or principles); the result of yoga is the nondual state..., or as the union of the lower self and higher Self. The nondual state is characterized by the absence of individuality; it can be described as eternal peace, pure love, Self-realization, or liberation.

The ego has no form and no particular center of existence. It pervades the mind, intellect, senses, and the body as 'I am'.

Just like pure water poured in a dirty cup becomes dirty, similarly the pure ego rooted in the impure mind becomes impure ego.

Household is a chariot. The parents are its two wheels. If the wheels don't move equally, the chariot cannot run straight.

Greed is a sickness of the mind. The more one hoards, the more greed increases. Giving with no expectation eliminates greed.

Making separate groups is human nature. No matter how much we talk about universal unity, we end up making another group.

Everything can be a trap. A hermit goes to a cave to get out of all worldly attachments and then gets attach to the cave. If we miss the point, then everything becomes a trap.

A prisoner never stops thinking about getting out of the prison. Life in the world is like sitting in a prison. One who doesn't realize that doesn't think of getting liberation.

The embodied soul has two purposes to fulfill: Experience the world, and get liberation from all experiences. If the self were not in bondage then the two purposes would not be fulfilled.

A wise person is one who sees the effect of an action before he acts.

There is always a chance for a person to break out of the cycle, but there is no such chance for an animal unless it incarnates as a human and develops "I" consciousness.

A person knows what he knows. An animal knows, but doesn't know what he knows. In Yoga, "I" consciousness is called asmita klesha. It is classified as an affliction and a hindrance to attaining higher consciousness.

The Self is beyond birth, death, gender, class, and religion - only the body wears those labels.

Anything that exists will never be destroyed; its disappearance is simply a transformation.