Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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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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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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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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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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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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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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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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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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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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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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