As you are, so is the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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