The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness – the Self.
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Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
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The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
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The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
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Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
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Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
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No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
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