The world is not outside you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHappiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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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 end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
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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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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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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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