When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYour duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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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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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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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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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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