Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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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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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Silence is also conversation.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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