One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhatever 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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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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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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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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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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