Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHILiberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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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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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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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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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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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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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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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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God’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.
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He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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The world is not outside you.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the “I.”
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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