The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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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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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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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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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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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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Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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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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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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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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