March 19

He did not brood over the past, nor did he worry over the future: he lived in the present moment, smiling happily all the time.

March 20

When thus the infinite self is realized, sorrows come to an end--even the seeds of delusion are destroyed, the shower of misfortune ceases and the perception of evil ends.

March 21

This ocean of world-appearance can be crossed only when you are firmly established in supreme wisdom, when you see the self with the self alone and when your intelligence is not diverted or colored by sense-perception.

March 22

When the limited and conditioned "I am so-and-so" ceases, there arises consciousness of the all-pervading infinite.

March 23

Consciousness minus conceptualization is the eternal Brahman the absolute; consciousness plus conceptualization is thought. Cut the mind down with the mind and dismiss the thought of the mind, which thus negates the mind.

March 25

...you are non-different from the self which pervades everything.

March 26

The wise man sees the self all the time; and he knows that all movement arises from the movement of life-force; he knows, too, that the senses perform their respective functions. What then is known as the mind? All motion belongs to life-force and all consciousness belongs to the self, and the senses each have their own power: which is the one that binds them all together? 

March 27

When objectivity is abandoned, you become mindless. that is liberation.

March 28

In the middle between the self as the seer and the world as the seen, you are the seeing (sight). Always remain in this realization. Between the experiencer and the experience you are the experiencing: knowing this, remain in self-knowledge. 

March 29

Therefore, O Rama, give up craving by giving up thinking or conceptualization.

March 30

Give up the desire that tends to be bondage and the desire for liberation, too. Remain still like the ocean.

April 1

When the mind is free from movements of thought (which are motivated by hopes or cravings), then it becomes no-mind: and that is liberation....Hence, for restoring peace to the mind, remove the disturbing cause, which is hope or craving.

April 2

With your mind utterly one-pointed
Established in the supreme state
By intense self-effort and by steady practice
Liberation is very easy for one
Who is earnest in his effort

April 3

Consciousness is not its name, it is but a word! It has no name.

April 4

He welcomes whatever comes to him unsought and is at peace with himself.

April 5

Establish your mind, which flits from one thing to another, firmly in your heart....In whatever the mind tends to sink, retrieve it from it and direct it towards the truth.

April 6

Again they asked, "What is the highest teaching of the path?"
Atisha replied,"The highest skill lies in the realization of selflessness. The highest nobility lies in taming your own mind. The highest excellence lies in having the attitude that seeks to help others. The highest precept is continual mindfulness. The highest remedy lies in understanding the intrinsic transcendence of everything. The highest activity lies in not conforming with worldly concerns. The highest mystic realization lies in lessening and transmuting the passions. The highest charity lies in non-attachment. The highest morality lies in having a peaceful mind. The highest tolerance lies in humility. The highest effort lies in abandoning attachment to works. The highest meditation lies in the mind without claims. The highest wisdom lies in not grasping anything as being what it appears to be."
"And what is the ultimate goal of the teaching?"
"The ultimate goal of the teaching is that emptiness whose essence is compassion."

April 7

I am pure consciousness. I am peace beyond thought.....I am the self which is omnipresent in which there is no conceptualization.

April 8

This vision of the infinite consciousness is pure and is of the nature of supreme peace: and it is surely the very best among the visions that are possible in this universe.

April 9

When consciousness abandons the perception of the three modes of time, when it is freed from the bondage of objectivity or conceptualization, it rests in utter tranquility....They who are sunk in the mire of attraction and repulsion are unable to reach this realization. They are caught in the net of thoughts. 

April 10

It is ever dynamic and active; yet it is more inactive than a rock and it is more unaffected by such activity than even space. 

April 11

This self alone is to be sought, adored and meditated upon....It is attained in one's own body, without even the need to call upon it:  it manifests itself and reveals ityself even if it is contemplated an instant.

April 12

...it goads the unwise into wakefulness...

April 13

I neither entertain craving for pleasure, nor do I wish to get rid of it, Whatever comes let it come; whatever goes let it go.

April 14

Now that that wall has collapsed you are seen to be not distant at all....The distinction is unreal and imaginary, like the verbal distinction between the water and the water in the wave.

April 15

If they have nothing to fear or hate, they will soon rise to the transcendental state of consciousness, beyond the pairs of opposites, and attain liberation!

April 16

For, in all conditions he is firmly established in self knowledge....Thus when both notions of "I do" and "I experience" have ceased, there remains only peace; when that peace is firmly grounded, there is liberation.

April 17

I was naturally enquiring of myself in myself, and rested just for a moment without any notions of being or non-being, of acquisition or rejection. I have attained self knowledge now.

April 18

No, nothing whatsoever is gained with the help of God or guru or wealth or other means, but only by self-effort at a complete mastery of the mind. What cannot be attained by the resolute practice of self mastery coupled with uncoloredness (freedom from every form of self-conditioning) cannot be attained by any other means in the three worlds.

April 19

Get up and meditate intensely for ten years.

April 20

When the hub's motion is stopped, the wheel does not revolve: when the mind is stilled, illusion ceases.

April 21

Live in the present, with your consciousness externalized momentarily but without any effort: when the mind stops linking itself to the past and the future, it becomes no-mind. If from moment to moment your mind dwells on what is and drops it effortlessly at once [choiceless awareness], the mind becomes no-mind, full of purity.

April 22

Consciousness free from the limitations of the mind is known as the inner intelligence: it is the essential essence of no-mind, and therefore it is not tainted by the impurities of concepts and percepts. 

April 23

O mind, I am the egoless infinite and homogeneous consciousness; I have nothing to do with you who are the cause of ego. 

April 24

"I am all this" or "there is no I"--both are expressions of the same truth; naught else is truth.

April 25

After having abandoned the very root of the ego-sense, I rest in the self, which is of the nature of peace.

April 26

Even as ocean exists in the past, present and future as ocean and the same water temporarily assumes the form of a wave, all this is forever the cosmic being at all times.

April 27

He who rests in this [pure consciousness] is not again deluded and is no longer caught in the subject-object relationship. He is fully awakened and never again entertains the notion of objectivity or conceptualization. Of course, this is not an "attainment."

April 28

His inner vision was directed neither inward nor outward, neither above nor below, neither in substantiality nor void. He was established in pure consciousness and he experienced pure bliss within himself. The unconditioned mind is firm, and that in itself is meditation, freedom and peace eternal.

April 29

To that householder whose mind has attained utter quiescence his house itself is the forest. If the mind is at peace and if there is no ego-sense, even cities are as void.

April 30

Not until one renounces everything is self-knowledge gained: when all points of view are abandoned, what remains is the self.....it (omnipotent consciousness) is free from the defect of objectivity. It is beyond being and not-being, though it is the reality in all being. It pervades all being in the universe. It is the beauty in all, it is the light of all. It is the essence of all forms and all modifications: yet it is beyond all these. At all times it is all in all.

May 1

The anxiety caused by thoughts like "I have got this now," "I shall get that too," burns the ignorant. "This is" and "that is not"--such notions cause restlessness in the egoist. But if the ego-sense ceases to be then the illusive world-appearance does not germinate again and all cravings come to an end.

May 2

When the pure heart contemplates the infinite space (dimension) of consciousness which is the source of all bliss and which is within easy reach of all, it rests in the supreme self.

May 3

That is known as the state of samadhi in which there is eternal satisfaction, clear perception of what is, egolessness, not being subject to the pairs of opposites, freedom from anxiety and from the wish to acquire or reject....even if you engage yourself in the activities relating to your daily life and even if likes and dislikes arise in you, your inner being will never be impure....even as the eyes of fish are not affected by sea-water. 

May 4

Only on those days on which the light of self-knowledge shines brightly in one's heart does one live truly.

May 5

Just as the sweetness of sugar is known only by direct experience, the nature of enlightenment is known only by direct experience....It is comparable in some respects to deep sleep: but it is truly incomparable, indescribable.