The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
RAMANA MAHARSHIFood affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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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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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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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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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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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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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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