The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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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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When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
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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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The world is not outside you.
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You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others?
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When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.
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If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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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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Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
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The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
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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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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating gyroscope.
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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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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
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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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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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