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 MAHARSHINearly 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 MAHARSHINo one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWithout knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
RAMANA MAHARSHIActions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation 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.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
RAMANA MAHARSHITruth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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