There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
RAMANA MAHARSHIConsciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows ‘I am!’ No one can deny his own being.
RAMANA MAHARSHISurrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAn unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHICalmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPeace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation applies the brakes to the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
RAMANA MAHARSHIInstead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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