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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIRealization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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 man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.
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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 self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
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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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Guru, God and Self are One.
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All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
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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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Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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