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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.

Ramana Maharshi

He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Action Himself Suffering Thinking
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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Carry Grace Himself Ocean Vessel
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Atom Finding Mindset Structure
Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.
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Heart Mindset Radiant Reflection
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Peace Silence Truth
Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Action Belief Fake Form Myself Prison
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
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Absence Doubt Rise Surrender
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Division Mindset Object Perception Sight
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Oneself Remain Shine
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Existence Fear Object Reason
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Form Knowledge Name Oneself See Truth Worship
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Body Eyes God Himself Infinite Live Temple Universe
The source of the ego is God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Ego God One Liner Source
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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Heart Illuminate Light Mindset Oneself Reach Reflection Yourself
Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Illusion Realize Yourself
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Consciousness Ego Existence Lying Oneself Rise

The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.

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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.

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