Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
RAMANA MAHARSHIGod’s grace consists in the fact that He shines in the heart of every one as the Self; that power of grace does not exclude any one, whether good or otherwise.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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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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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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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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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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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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The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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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.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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