The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed at. The Supreme is none other than the heart.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
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Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one’s own awareness is direct knowledge.
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The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is ‘I’; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
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As you are, so is the world.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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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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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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Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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