The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
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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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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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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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