Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
Ramana Maharshi on ego
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.”
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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 MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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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The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things
Meher BabaMeher Baba I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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RamakrishnaRamakrishna The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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