Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
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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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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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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All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
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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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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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You are already That which you seek.
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