Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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You are already That which you seek.
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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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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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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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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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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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As you are, so is the world.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought ‘I’ is the first thought.
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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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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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