If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBy whatever path you go, you will have to lose yourself in the one. Surrender is complete only when you reach the stage `Thou art all’ and `Thy will be done’.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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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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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
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To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
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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 Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower.
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It is within your competence to think and thus to get bound or to cease thinking and thus be free.
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There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
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The “I” thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the “I” thought has to be inquired into.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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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.
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