Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
RAMANA MAHARSHIA realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
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Silence is also conversation.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
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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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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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