Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
RAMANA MAHARSHI
RAMANA MAHARSHI
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this ‘I’ arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
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