For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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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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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world
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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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