Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
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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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The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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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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Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite ‘I’. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.
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Silence is also conversation.
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Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one’s true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with “It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
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Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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