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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is really inside you, in your heart. When the mind rests in its source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as from a spring within you.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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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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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.
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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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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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