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This knowledge of the Self or Atman is, by its very nature, also knowledge of Brahman, the all-pervading, immanent and transcendent Godhead.
Eknath Easwaran • The Bhagavad Gita
Śaṅkarācārya says in Saundaryalaharī: “O Parabrahmamahiṣī! The knowers of Veda call you Vāk-Devatā the consort of Brahmā, Lakṣmī the consort of Viṣṇu, and Pārvatī the consort of Śiva. But Thou art the Fourth (Turīya) of inconceivable and limitless majesties—the indeterminable Mahāmāyā who revolves the wheel of this world.”
Swami Tapasyananda • Saundarya Lahari


In the Yoga Sūtra, the kleśas are identified as the causes of suffering, all of them arising from the first, which is avidyā, or ignorance.
Mary Taylor • The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga

God, guru and ātman are one, meaning that God and guru are nothing other than ātma-svarūpa (the real nature of ourself).
Michael James • Ramana Maharshi's Forty Verses on What Is
First, Krishna is the Atman, the inner Self in all beings. It is fitting that this be mentioned first, for of all his myriad manifestations this is the most important, at least to the struggling spiritual aspirant that is Arjuna. Krishna is Arjuna’s innermost Self, and that is how he is to be known in contemplation. Of all the forms in which to
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