Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
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True silence is really endless speech.
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The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.
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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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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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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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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Knowing the Self, God is known.
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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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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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