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.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is never-ending speech. In silence one is in intimate contact with the surroundings. Language is only a medium for communicating one’s thoughts to another. Silence is ever speaking.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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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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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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