Ramana Maharshi quotes - page 3

I want you to dive consciously into the Self, i. e., into the Heart. (Ramana Maharshi)
Knowledge itself is 'I'. The nature of (this) knowledge is existence-consciousness-bliss. View quote
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9. Even when the sensory objects to be known are in the proximity, when the difference is not taken in, the mind does not cause a break in Yoga. View quote
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... just as the limb gives assistance to the body, likewise the member of the community helps the community and reigns supreme. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present. View quote
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There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth. View quote
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent. View quote
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The Self itself is God. View quote
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. View quote
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Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. (Ramana Maharshi)
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. View quote
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All that is required to realise the Self is to "Be Still. View quote
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state. View quote
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Aim 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. View quote
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Seek the seeker. View quote
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Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it! View quote
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21. During that time, the embodied person does not know the attainment in the heart. It is known in the Samadhi. The difference in name is due to the difference in cause. View quote
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There is no greater mystery than this: being Reality ourselves, we seek to gain Reality. View quote
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Even if you try not to do your duty you will be perforce obliged to do it. Let the body complete the task for which it came into being. Sri Krishna also says in the Gita, whether Arjuna liked it or not he would be forced to fight. When there is work to be done by you, you cannot keep away; nor can you continue to do a thing when you are not required to do it, that is to say, when the work allotted to you has been done. In short, the work will go on and you must take your share in it -- the share which is allotted to you. [Question: How can it be done? Reply:] Like an actor playing his part in a drama: free from duality. View quote
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14. Just as the sun gives light to the moon this heart bestows the effulgence on the mind. (Ramana Maharshi)
What is called mind is a wondrous power existing in Self. It projects all thoughts. If we set aside all thoughts and see, there will be no such thing as mind remaining separate; therefore, thought itself is the form of the mind. Other than thoughts, there is no such thing as the mind. View quote
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The Self is only one. Do you feel hurt if you blame yourself or scorn yourself for your errors? If you hold the Self there is no second person to scorn you. When you see the world you have lost hold of the Self. On the contrary, hold the Self and the world will not appear. View quote
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12. The world is none other than the mind. The mind is none other than the heart. Therefore the entire story finishes in the heart. View quote
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15. As in the night when the sun is not present, one sees the light in the moon, the man who is not present in the heart, sees merely the mind. View quote
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