Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.”
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Let what comes come, let what goes go.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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