The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPeace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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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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The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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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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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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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 degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
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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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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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As you are, so is the world.
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
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