Adyashanti
Steven Gray
1962-present • American
ZenNon-Dual / Advaita
American spiritual teacher with roots in Zen. Known for direct teachings on enlightenment and post-awakening integration.
Key Works
- The End of Your World
- Emptiness Dancing
- Talks
102
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Quotes by Adyashanti
102 quotes“Liberation is a gift, but the willingness to receive it is everything.”
liberationThe End of Your World
“You are the awareness of every moment.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“Stop trying to become. Start being.”
beingTrue Meditation
“Truth is what you cannot get away from.”
truthTrue Meditation
“Awakening is what happens when the seeker drops away.”
awakeningThe End of Your World
“Notice the awareness that is reading these words.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“To be silent inwardly is the highest spiritual practice.”
silenceTrue Meditation
“You are not the mind. You are what knows the mind.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“There is no ladder to enlightenment. There is only this moment.”
presenceFalling Into Grace
“True meditation is not something we do. It is what we are.”
meditationTrue Meditation
“Silence is the medium of grace.”
silenceTrue Meditation
“To awaken is to come home to the obvious.”
awakeningFalling Into Grace
“Don't be the one who knows. Be the one who notices.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“The deepest truth is that there is no separate self.”
non-selfThe End of Your World
“What you are looking for is what is reading these words right now.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“Notice. Just notice.”
awarenessTrue Meditation
“The great teaching of all traditions is that you are already enlightened; you just do not see it.”
awakeningThe Way of Liberation
“The wound is where the light enters. But first, we must acknowledge the wound.”
healingFalling into Grace
“The self cannot be realized through the intellect; it can only be realized through direct experience.”
consciousnessThe Way of Liberation
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