Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
RAMANA MAHARSHIReality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Guru, God and Self are One.
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Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
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There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
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