Top 500 Shunya Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Sensuality alone is just raw electricity in the body. If channelized through heart, it takes form of love. Otherwise it leaks out as lust and perversion.”

— Shunya

152. “Nothingness is the source of everything. It is the magical pot from which you can get never ending supply of anything. But everytime you want something from it, you have to lose yourself into it. Then a new version of you will come out of it along with the thing you wanted.”

— Shunya

153. “If you identify yourself as this clay lamp, your soul becomes rooted to one place. If you identify as the flame, your soul can switch through thousands of flames burning all over the world.”

— Shunya

154. “A tree trunk is not a perfect cylindrical or rectangle shape. It’s irregular and it’s beautiful. That’s how life is. Make peace with the mistakes and foolishness of past.”

— Shunya

155. “You are iron plated gold, running here and there to save yourself from rust. Stop identifying with the thin layer of iron; you are the gold underneath.”

— Shunya

156. “Why are you keeping your fists clenched? Open them. Let what comes come. Let what goes go. You deserve much more than what your fists can hold.”

— Shunya

157. “Pain and pleasure are the same energy inside you. When it flows at a slow rate like sunlight in a morning winter, it’s pleasure. When the flow rate goes beyond a threshold, it’s pain.”

— Shunya

158. “Voices of head and heart should be independent. If your head sees benefit in someone, don’t let your heart create false liking for that person. And if your heart likes a person, don’t let your mind create false arguments to justify the liking.”

— Shunya

159. “More violence happens in the name of doing good than doing harm. The ego wants to decide what is good for others. It wants to be the saviour. So it starts ‘saving’ fishes from drowning.”

— Shunya

160. “People don’t have time to be evil. There is pettiness all around but not much evil.”

— Shunya

161. “Wearing perfume can’t be a substitute for bath. For a seeker, reading famous spiritual books, visiting some holy Gurus and places, doing some chanting and rituals is like wearing perfume. If you wish to take bath, throw yourself to the universe. It will make you do things that are not even remotely spiritual or religious. But they will bathe you clean.”

— Shunya

162. “A dentist can work on you only if you remain calmly sitting in the chair. Usually our wish gets fulfilled when we get tired and stop wishing for it. Because that’s when we become calm and allow divine energies to work upon us.”

— Shunya

163. “Even a soft pillow can become a problem if you permanently stitch it around your neck.”

— Shunya

164. “Don’t show so much attachment to someone that they start lying to keep your heart.”

— Shunya

165. “Let go of things just like you let go of your phone at service center. Everything is under universal warranty. The universe can repair or replace anything.”

— Shunya

166. “Dear God, what can I offer you? I brought these flowers, But all plants are yours, so are the flowers. What is mine to give? My eyes have filled with tears. But these eyes are yours, so are the tears. I have nothing to offer except my gratitude.”

— Shunya

167. “A judging eye can’t see beyond the outfits. When you drop all judgements and the light of awareness shines in you, true nature of everyone gets revealed before you.”

— Shunya

168. “Success is like an immature lover. It promises you stars and moon and what not. When you finally get it, you just enjoy a brief honeymoon period after which things become the same or maybe get worse.”

— Shunya

169. “Puppets, we are! The mighty puppeteer has thrown us into this part of the world to crawl a bunch of paths of this jungle all our lives.”

— Shunya

170. “If a past memory is troubling you, don’t try to forget it. Recall it with every minute detail. Recall it again and again. Every time you recall it, your brain replaces it with a more convenient version of it.”

— Shunya

171. “Human psychology is that anything you do in a group feels right. People as a group can kill someone and call it religious because it feels right to them. Religion and righteousness are not the same thing. Religion is about going beyond right and wrong and seeing things as they are without any prejudices and judgements.”

— Shunya

172. “You drop your heavy luggage at departure airport and pick it up at your arrival airport. Being possessive about things and people will only deny you entry into flights of life. Trust the higher powers. What is yours will remain yours.”

— Shunya

173. “The God said, “One of the first things you did as a baby was to grab someone’s finger. That is your outward tendency. You can hold things that are outside you but I am inside you. You just have to trust and allow me to hold you.”

— Shunya

174. “Is this good? Is that bad? Asking these questions show that you want to be ruled and commanded by someone from outside. Ask “who am I?” to start getting guidance from inside you.”

— Shunya

175. “When a wound stays too long on your psyche, it becomes an integral part of your identity. Then you want to get rid of the pain but not the wound. Such a wound allows you to play victim and gain sympathy but deprives you of healthy forms of love. It allows you to outrage and feel powerful but deprives you of real power.”

— Shunya

176. “Leaving footwear outside is not enough. To enter the temple of God, you have to leave yourself outside.”

— Shunya

177. “Find one thing that holds you in the present moment... one thing that stops the live commentary in your head. It can be anything like sipping hot beverage, taking a shower, watching the waves... That thing is your own meditation technique, your own door to connect with the supreme.”

— Shunya

178. “The things you hate and fight are shaping your identity. If your enemies are not worthy enough to define you, stop giving them importance. They will fade away and stop existing for you.”

— Shunya

179. “You can’t understand Feminine. If you have understood something, it’s Masculine, not Feminine. Feminine is like a chocolate without wrapper. There is nothing to read on it... no MRP, no barcode, no expiry dates. It can only be experienced, not understood.”

— Shunya

180. “People summon divine energy through love and trust but waste it immediately in hate and doubt. A devotee is someone who slowly cuts this wastage to zero.”

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181. “Hope and fear conspire with each other to keep you running here and there whole life. Trust your inner lamp which shows you what you should be doing in the present. It will get you out of suffering very soon.”

— Shunya

182. “If something beautiful is written on a whiteboard, you may never wipe it. Scars on your soul are like random lines scribbled on a whiteboard. They are an invitation to wipe away the past and future and live in eternity. Therefore, scars are sacred.”

— Shunya

183. “Mind happily consumes information but it resists transformation. The day you allow yourself to be transformed, a Guru will appear before you in visible or invisible form.”

— Shunya

184. “Suppose a Sun many times brighter than our Sun comes up in the sky. After we get used to its light, it goes away. Then our Sun will feel like moon to us and what we call as “light” will seem like darkness. So light and darkness are relative terms. Darkness is just less light.”

— Shunya

185. “The most favourite food of goats is a plant which has thorns all over it. But they munch on it so softly and artfully that thorns just add to the taste just as heat adds to the taste of coffee. That is the only way to win over duality: Drink life sip by sip, one moment at a time.”

— Shunya

186. “It’s very painful when circumstances don’t allow you to act as per your nature. It may force you to change your nature. If you keep shame, guilt, regret etc. away, this change can be a transformation of caterpillar into butterfly.”

— Shunya

187. “Awakened ones are like the cool shadow of a tree. Light is harsh because of ego. Shadow has all the qualities of light except the ego. It is compassionate towards darkness also but it never steps into darkness.”

— Shunya

188. “Most of the things people say to you are like forwarded social media messages. Don’t feel hurt or flattered by them. They mean nothing. Even the emotions behind their words are not original.”

— Shunya

189. “Those who love each other bring changes in each other. But intentionally trying to change someone is like violating their body, mind and soul. First accept them as they are. Then let your loving presence bring changes naturally.”

— Shunya

190. “Big elephants get stuck in small pits. Don’t lose your self-confidence when petty problems of life overwhelm you. You’re the big elephant.”

— Shunya

191. “Desires are like coil springs. When we try to handle them at the mind level, we either suppress them too much or stretch them too much. In both the cases, a lot of stress and negative energy accumulates that harms us.”

— Shunya

192. “The Time gives you subscription packages. If you get fed up of materialistic packages, it gives you spiritual or religious packages. The idea is to keep you hooked to one thing or the other.”

— Shunya

193. “Little spice and chillies don’t do any harm. They rather make your dish tastier. When you feel angry or irritated for short term, just think that life is adding some spice and chillies in the dish it’s cooking for you.”

— Shunya

194. “Things are complicated. Don’t judge someone as good or bad. If you have already judged, don’t waste your energy in trying to prove that your judgement is right.”

— Shunya

195. “Universe is like a printer. It can give you a hard copy of anything you believe. Having a hard copy doesn’t mean that your belief is the only truth. There is no point in fighting over beliefs. Print something beautiful with this magical printer.”

— Shunya

196. “She was a rough stone. She was happy the way she was. Then somebody carved some stone out of her. Now she is neither stone nor statue. She is running after things that can take more stone out of her and give her a sense or hope of completeness.”

— Shunya

197. “You dislike some things and want to remove them from the face of the Earth. This is Maya, the Karmic trap. But it turns into Leela, the Karmic play, if you are aware that there is a universal intelligence bigger than your intelligence. The universe has brought those things into existence and the same universe wants you to try and remove those things.”

— Shunya

198. “If somebody has a false belief, you can’t deliver them the truth unless they fully trust in you. More you try to hammer the truth at them, more they will defend and strengthen their false belief.”

— Shunya

199. “People are constantly searching for an external enemy in order to forget their internal conflicts. Don’t oblige them. Stay detached.”

— Shunya

200. “There is a circus going around you. If you enjoy it as an audience, you can go to your inner home anytime you want. If you get involved in the act, they will sign you up as a performer for lifetime.”

— Shunya