Knowing the Self, God is known.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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The search “Who am I” ends in the annihilation of the illusory “I” and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one’s hand.
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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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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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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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The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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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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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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