Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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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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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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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.
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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Silence is also conversation.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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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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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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