Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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