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“The Self is closer than your breath. Closer than your heartbeat. Closer than your I.”
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“The world dissolves in deep sleep. The Self does not.”
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“Be empty. Then the Self fills you.”
emptinessSatsang Transcripts
“You are the dream. The dream is not you.”
dreamSatsang Transcripts
“To know the Self is to be the Self.”
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“Only the Self knows the Self.”
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“Whatever you experience, return to the experiencer.”
witnessSatsang Transcripts
“The Self is silent presence. The mind is noisy absence.”
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“You are the I-am, before any qualification.”
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“Don't cling to peace. Be peace.”
peaceSatsang Transcripts
“In every breath, the Self breathes you.”
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“The Self is the perfume that makes life fragrant.”
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“Quiet your mind. The Self is here.”
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“Self-inquiry is not a method. It is a return.”
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“You are not waiting for awakening. Awakening is waiting for you.”
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“The simplest truth is the deepest. You are the Self.”
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