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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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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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Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
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By constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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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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Under 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.
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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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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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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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Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
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