There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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As you are, so is the world.
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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.
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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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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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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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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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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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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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ 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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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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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.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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Silence is also conversation.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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