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 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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The world is not outside you.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
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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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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
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Silence is also conversation.
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