All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are not to happen will not happen. The shakti that is in the world, is only one. All these troubles arise if we think that we are separate from that shakti.
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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 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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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
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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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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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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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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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