I Have No Disciple. I Am The

That Knowledge Which Purifies The Mind And Heart Alone Is True Knowledge, All Else Is Only A Negation Of Knowledge.

The Fool Who Repeats Again And Again: "i Am Bound, I Am Bound," Remains In Bondage. He Who Repeats Day And Night: "i Am A Sinner, I Am A Sinner," Becomes A Sinner Indeed.

As For Myself, I Look Upon All Women As My Mother. This Is A Very Pure Attitude Of Mind. There Is No Risk Or Danger In It. To Look Upon A Woman As One's Sister Is Also Not Bad. But The Other Attitudes Are Very Difficult And Dangerous. It Is Almost Impossible To Keep To The Purity Of The Ideal.

A Bath In Ganges Undoubtedly Absolves One Of All Sins; But What Does That Avail? They Say That The Sins Perch On Trees Along The Banks Of The Ganges. No Sooner Does The Man Come Back From The Holy Waters That The Old Sins Jump On His Shoulders From The Trees. The Same Old Sins Take Possession Of Him Again. He Is Hardly Out Of The Waters Before They Fall Upon Him.

The Waves Belong To The Ganges, Not The Ganges To The Waves. A Man Cannot Realize God Unless He Gets Rid Of All Such Egotistic Ideas As "i Am Such An Important Man" Or "i Am So And So". Level The Mound Of "i" To The Ground By Dissolving It With Tears Of Devotion.