Ramana Maharshi on transcendence
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.”
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi God’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi
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