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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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You are already That which you seek.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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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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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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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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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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