Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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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 solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
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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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