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 MAHARSHIActions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You are already That which you seek.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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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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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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Meditation applies the brakes to 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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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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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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