Ramana Maharshi on bliss
Ramana Maharshi233 quotes“The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.”
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi True silence is really endless speech.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi 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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I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.
Bayard TaylorBayard Taylor This journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition and revelation as it gradually comes upon “that” which remains when there is no self. this is not a journey for those who expect love and bliss.
Bernadette RobertsBernadette Roberts Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
William CowperWilliam Cowper There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope I’m not saying that there’s anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I’m saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven’t quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.
Barbara FeldonBarbara Feldon Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
Lord ByronLord Byron To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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