The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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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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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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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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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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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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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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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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