By whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
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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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.
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Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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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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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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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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