Robert Adams
American advaita teacher and direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi. Born in New York City with the spontaneous capacity for samadhi, he traveled to India at seventeen and spent the last three years of Ramana's life with him. After decades of wandering, he settled in Los Angeles in the 1980s and held quiet satsangs with a small circle until his death from Parkinson's in 1997. His teachings — gathered in Silence of the Heart — point relentlessly to the Self as the only reality, and to self-inquiry as the most direct path home.
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Quotes by Robert Adams
97 quotes“There is only one Self, and you are That.”
selfSilence of the Heart
“Ask: Who am I? And keep asking until the answer dissolves the asker.”
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“You are already free. There is nothing to attain.”
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“The Self is here. The Self is now. The Self is you.”
selfSatsang Transcripts
“Don't be concerned with the world. Be concerned with the Self.”
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“Silence is the loudest teaching.”
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“You are pure awareness, untouched by anything.”
awarenessSilence of the Heart
“Where there is silence, there is God.”
silenceSatsang Transcripts
“Whatever appears, abide as the seer of it.”
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“Bondage is the belief that you are limited.”
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“Even the desire for liberation is a chain.”
desireSatsang Transcripts
“In the beginning, take refuge in self-inquiry. In the end, the inquirer dissolves.”
inquirySatsang Transcripts
“The body is in you. You are not in the body.”
awarenessSilence of the Heart
“Don't try to fix the world. Fix your perception of the world.”
perceptionSilence of the Heart
“Stop chasing thoughts. Trace them back to their source.”
thoughtsSatsang Transcripts
“The Self never moves. The Self is never born. The Self never dies.”
selfSilence of the Heart
“You don't need a teacher. You need silence.”
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“Each moment of self-inquiry weakens the false self.”
self-inquirySatsang Transcripts
“Be a light to yourself.”
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