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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

Ramana Maharshi

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Happiness Philosophy Search Seek Wisdom Yourself
Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Illusion Realize Yourself
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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Bliss Peace Silence Truth
When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Activity Consistent Effort Gratitude Joy Life Nature Reality Realize
The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Experience Perfection Reality Silence
You have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Discover Investigation Leadership Problem Question Solve Yourself
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Bliss Kind Knowledge Man Reality
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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Bond Imagination Knowledge See
The world is not outside you.
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One Liner Perspective World Yourself
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
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Appearance Attention Light Object Pay Reveal
Does one require proof of one’s own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Aware Evidence Known Remain Yourself
Reality 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.
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Ego Loss Reality Shine Simplicity
What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Alone Deep Let Go Philosophy Remain Stay Wisdom
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Call Consciousness God Name
All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Karma Oneself Truth Understand
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Focus Heart Learning Mindset Point Silence True

There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

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There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

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