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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.

Ramana Maharshi

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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Book Meditation Reading Realize Yourself
The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Experience Perfection Reality Silence
A 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.
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Aura Complete Himself Influence People Realize Silence Spiritual
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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Adopt Oneself Return
When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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Language Oneself Silence Thinking Understand Universe
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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End Thinking Way Yourself
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Bliss Enjoyment Investigate Mindset Thinking
There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
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Active Control Mindset Realize Shine Yourself
That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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Alone Change Existence Forever Reality
One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Happiness Open Realize Store
Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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Finding Heart Infinite Myself Peace Universe
The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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End Love One Liner Wisdom
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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Carry Grace Himself Ocean Vessel
Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Belief Beyond Inspirational Lose Risk
Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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Action Belief Fake Form Myself Prison
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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Doubt Forever Nature Need Oneself Realize

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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