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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.

Ramana Maharshi

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.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aura Complete Himself Influence People Realize Silence Spiritual
The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Creation Ego Existence Perception Try World Yourself
You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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Suffering Yourself
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Greatness Realize Service Yourself
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Captive Desire Fact Fake Freedom Liberty Nature Necessary Prison Reality
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Correct Inspirational Light Simplicity Sun Transformation World Yourself
Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Disturbance Mindset Peace Thinking
If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Consciousness Ego Enough Fake Feeling Hold Yourself
No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Effort Endurance Hard Work Perseverance Success
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

God Oneself Realize Suffering Way
There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Greatness Meditation Obstacle
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Manifestation Meditation Mindset Subtle Truth
Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Grace Heart Yourself
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Heart Learning Mindset Point Silence True
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Reform Social
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Direction Ourselves Realize Reveal Thinking

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