Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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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Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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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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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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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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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.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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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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