When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIA realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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