The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIRealisation 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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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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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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.
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If you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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