You are already That which you seek.
RAMANA MAHARSHIUnder 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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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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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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We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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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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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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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 Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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