Adyashanti

Spiritual Teacher American Born 1962 (age 64)

American spiritual teacher; teaches nondual awakening.

380 quotes

"Science and spirituality are both seeking the same truth from different doors."
Science
"Art is the expression of truth when language fails."
Art
"Family teaches us our first lessons about acceptance and belonging."
Family
"Hope is not a future event; it is a present quality of being."
Hope
"Success without peace is the greatest failure of all."
Success
"Friendship mirrors back to us the parts of ourselves we've forgotten."
Friendship
"The present moment is the only classroom that truly educates."
Education
"Time does not move; consciousness moves through time."
Time
"When you know yourself, you know everyone."
Wisdom
"Change is not something that happens to you; it is something you are."
Change
"Freedom is discovering that your chains were never real."
Freedom
"Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is clarity amidst confusion."
Peace
"Nature teaches that growth requires both effort and surrender."
Nature
"Art is the celebration of being alive in this moment."
Art
"The truth about yourself cannot be told; it can only be seen."
Truth
"Happiness blooms when you stop demanding it from life."
Happiness
"Love is the recognition that separation is an illusion."
Love
"Life is not something to figure out; it is something to live."
Life
"Courage is moving forward without needing to know the outcome."
Courage
"Knowledge without embodied understanding creates more illusions."
Knowledge
"Beauty is the evidence that you are not separate from existence."
Beauty
"Perseverance is continuing without needing the world to agree with you."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the recognition that you are held by existence."
Gratitude
"Creativity requires the courage to be authentically yourself."
Creativity
"Power that needs to dominate is the weakest form of power."
Power
"Death teaches us the value of each moment we are alive."
Death
"Patience is not resignation; it is dynamic acceptance."
Patience
"Kindness is the natural overflow of understanding."
Kindness
"Strength shows up as flexibility, not rigidity."
Strength
"Fear is the gap between where you are and where you think you should be."
Fear