The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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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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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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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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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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