The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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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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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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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.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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Silence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
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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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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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