Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhat message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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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.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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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.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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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.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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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.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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