The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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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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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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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.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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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.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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