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.
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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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
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Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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Let what comes come, let what goes go.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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