Peace is for the purification of one’s mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.
RAMANA MAHARSHISelf-reform automatically brings about social reform.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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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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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
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There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.
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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
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