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 MAHARSHIBy constantly keep one’s attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The world is not outside you.
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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
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The 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.
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Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
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The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
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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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There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
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Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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As you are, so is the world.
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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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