There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
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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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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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Then all this earth shines like one house.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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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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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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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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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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