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“Sit. Inquire. Abide. Repeat.”
practiceSatsang Transcripts
“Reality is. Everything else is appearance.”
realitySilence of the Heart
“To know the Self is to know everything.”
self-knowledgeSatsang Transcripts
“All your problems exist in the mind. The mind is not who you are.”
mindSilence of the Heart
“Watch the watcher. The watcher dissolves.”
witnessSilence of the Heart
“There is no enlightened person. Only enlightenment.”
enlightenmentSatsang Transcripts
“Drop everything. Including the dropping.”
renunciationSilence of the Heart
“You are the screen on which life appears.”
awarenessSilence of the Heart
“In the heart there is only Self.”
heartSatsang Transcripts
“The Self is not somewhere else. It is here. As you.”
selfSilence of the Heart
“Don't try to think your way to truth. Truth is the absence of thought.”
truthSilence of the Heart
“Whatever happens is okay. Because you are not what is happening.”
witnessSilence of the Heart
“Sit with the mystery of being.”
beingSatsang Transcripts
“In silence, the Self reveals itself.”
silenceSilence of the Heart
“The Self has no opposite, no enemy, no obstacle.”
selfSilence of the Heart
“The world appears in consciousness. Consciousness does not appear in the world.”
consciousnessSilence of the Heart
“You don't have to change. You only have to recognize.”
recognitionSilence of the Heart
“Drop the ego, even for one second, and you will know peace.”
egoSatsang Transcripts
“Be a light to yourself.”
lightSilence of the Heart
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