There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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You are already That which you seek.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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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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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.
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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
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The source of the ego is God.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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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.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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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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What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain.
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Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
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