The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHIApart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
RAMANA MAHARSHII Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
RAMANA MAHARSHIRemain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
RAMANA MAHARSHICall it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYour own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is also conversation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIDoubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBecause truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
RAMANA MAHARSHIOur identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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