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The Grace Of The Guru Is Like An Ocean. If One Comes With A Cup He Will Only Get A Cupful. It Is No Use Complaining Of The Niggardliness Of The Ocean. The Bigger The Vessel The More One Will Be Able To Carry. It Is Entirely Up To Him.

-Ramana Maharshi

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The Grace Of The

Ramana Maharshi

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The Grace Of The Guru Is Like An Ocean. If One Comes With A Cup He Will Only Get A Cupful. It Is No Use Complaining Of The Niggardliness Of The Ocean. The Bigger The Vessel The More One Will Be Able To Carry. It Is Entirely Up To Him.

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Nearly 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.

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Peace Is For The Purification Of One's Mind. Power Is For The Growth Of The Community. Having Established The Community With Power, One Should Then Establish Supreme Peace.

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By Constantly Keep One's Attention On The Source, The Ego Is Dissolved In That Source Like A Salt-doll In The Sea.

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Your Own Self-realization Is The Greatest Service You Can Render The World.

How Does One Get Rid Of Fear? Ramana: What Is Fear? It Is Only A Thought. If There Is Anything Besides The Self There Is Reason To Fear. Who Sees Things Separate From The Self? First The Ego Arises And Sees Objects As External. If The Ego Does Not Rise, The Self Alone Exists And There Is Nothing External. For Anything External To Oneself Implies The Existence Of The Seer Within. Seeking It There Will Eliminate Doubt And Fear. Not Only Fear, All Other Thoughts Centred Round The Ego Will Disappear Along With It.

When There Are Thoughts, It Is Distraction: When There Are No Thoughts, It Is Meditation.

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What Message Is Needed When Heart Speaks To Heart?

Remain Still, With The Conviction That The Self Shines As Everything Yet Nothing, Within, Without, And Everywhere.

There Is Neither Creation Nor Destruction, Neither Destiny Nor Free Will, Neither Path Nor Achievement. This Is The Final Truth.

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.

Correcting Oneself Is Correcting The Whole World. The Sun Is Simply Bright. It Does Not Correct Anyone. Because It Shines, The Whole World Is Full Of Light. Transforming Yourself Is A Means Of Giving Light To The Whole World.

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.

To The Extent We Behave With Humility, To That Extent Good Will Result.

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Actions Themselves Form No Bondage. Bondage Is Only The False Belief,"i Am The Do-er."

The Self Is Here And Now, It Is The Only Reality. There Is Nothing Else.

Guru, God And Self Are One

The Activity Affected By Causes Like Fainting, Sleep, Excessive Joy, Grief, Possession By Spirits, Fear Etc Goes To The Heart, Its Own Place.

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.

The Source Of The Ego Is God.

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.

Time Is Only An Idea. There Is Only The Reality. Whatever You Think It Is, It Looks Like That.

Happiness Is Your Nature. It Is Not Wrong To Desire It. What Is Wrong Is Seeking It Outside When It Is Inside.

All That One Gives To Others One Gives To One's Self. If This Truth Is Understood, Who Will Not Give To Others?

Misery Does Not Exist In Reality But Only In Mere Imagination.

Turn The Mind Inward And Cease Thinking Of Yourself As The Body; Thereby You Will Come To Know That The Self Is Ever Happy. Neither Grief Nor Misery Is Experienced In This State.

Thinking Of You

Realisation Is Our Nature. It Is Nothing New To Be Gained. What Is New Cannot Be Eternal. Therefore There Is No Need For Doubting If One Would Lose Or Gain The Self.

If You Hold This Feeling Of ‘i’ Long Enough And Strongly Enough, The False ‘i’ Will Vanish Leaving Only The Unbroken Awareness Of The Real, Immanent ‘i’, Consciousness Itself

Such Happiness Is Relative And Is Better Called Pleasure Or Satisfaction.

How To Get Rid Of The Mind? Is It The Mind That Wants To Kill Itself? The Mind Cannot Kill Itself. So Your Business Is To Find The Real Nature Of The Mind. Then You Will Know That There Is No Mind. When The Self Is Sought, The Mind Is Nowhere. Abiding In The Self, One Need Not Worry About The Mind.

He That Sees The Lord In The Temple, The Living Body, By Seeking Him Within, Can Alone See Him, The Infinite, In The Temple Of The Universe, Having Become The Endless Eye.

The Search "who Am I"...ends In The Annihilation Of The Illusory "i" And The Self Which Remains Over Will Be As Clear As A Gooseberry In The Palm Of One's Hand.

Of All The Thoughts That Rise In The Mind, The Thought 'i' Is The First Thought.

Your True Nature Is That Of Infinite Spirit. The Feeling Of Limitation Is The Work Of The Mind.

All Unhappiness Is Due To The Ego. With It Comes All Your Trouble. If You Would Deny The Ego And Scorch It By Ignoring It You Would Be Free.

He Who Thinks He Is The Doer Is Also The Sufferer.

When We Turn The Mind Inwards, God Manifests As The Inner Consciousness.

Unless One Is Happy, One Cannot Bestow Happiness On Others.

If One Wants To Abide In The Thought-free State, A Struggle Is Inevitable. One Must Fight One's Way Through Before Regaining One's Original Primal State. If One Succeeds In The Fight And Reaches The Goal, The Enemy, Namely The Thoughts, Will All Subside In The Self And Disappear Entirely.

There Is Nothing So Simple As Being The Self. It Requires No Effort, No Aid. One Has To Leave Off The Wrong Identity And Be In His (her) Eternal, Natural, Inherent State.

Know That The Eradication Of The Identification With The Body Is Charity, Spiritual Austerity And Ritual Sacrifice; It Is Virtue, Divine Union And Devotion; It Is Heaven, Wealth, Peace And Truth; It Is Grace; It Is The State Of Divine Silence; It Is The Deathless Death; It Is Jnana, Renunciation, Final Liberation And Bliss.

Let Knowledge Be Guessed By The Sign Of Equality To All Beings.

Realisation Is Not Acquisition Of Anything New Nor Is It A New Faculty. It Is Only Removal Of All Camouflage

By Whatever Path You Go, You Will Have To Lose Yourself In The One. Surrender Is Complete Only When You Reach The Stage `thou Art All' And `thy Will Be Done'.

There Is No Seeing. Seeing Is Only Being.

The State We Call Realization Is Simply Being Oneself, Not Knowing Anything Or Becoming Anything.

Does One Require Proof Of One's Own Being? Only Remain Aware Of Yourself And All Else Will Be Known.

If You Make The Thief The Policeman There Will Be Lots Of Investigation But No Arrests Will Ever Be Made.

Self-reform Automatically Brings About Social Reform.

Realisation Is Nothing New To Be Acquired. It Is Already There, But Obstructed By A Screen Of Thoughts. All Our Attempts Are Directed To Lifting This Screen And Then Realisation Is Revealed.

Realization Consists Of Getting Rid Of The False Idea That One Is Not Realized.

All Bad Qualities Centre Round The Ego. When The Ego Is Gone, Realisation Results By Itself. There Are Neither Good Nor Bad Qualities In The Self. The Self Is Free From All Qualities. Qualities Pertain To The Mind Only.

The Deeply Learned Ones Know The Mind As The Directly Expressed Meaning Of The Supreme Knowledge. The Heart Is The Meaning Aimed At. The Supreme Is None Other Than The Heart.

In Accordance With The Prarabdha Of Each, The One Whose Function It Is To Ordain Makes Each To Act. What Will Not Happen Will Never Happen, Whatever Effort One May Put Forth. And What Will Happen Will Not Fail To Happen, However Much One May Seek To Prevent It. This Is Certain. The Part Of Wisdom Therefore Is To Stay Quiet.

Apart From Thoughts, There Is No Independent Entity Called The World. In Deep Sleep There Are No Thoughts, And There Is No World. In The States Of Waking And Dream, There Are Thoughts, And There Is A World Also. Just As The Spider Emits The Thread (of The Web) Out Of Itself And Again Withdraws It Into Itself, Likewise The Mind Projects The World Out Of Itself And Again Resolves It Into Itself.

When The Mind, One-pointed And Fully Focused, Knows The Supreme Silence In The Heart, This Is True Learning.

Keep The Remembrance Of Your Real Nature Alive, Even While Working, And Avoid Haste Which Causes You To Forget. Be Deliberate. Practice Meditation To Still The Mind And Cause It To Become Aware Of Its True Relationship To The Self Which Supports It. Do Not Imagine That It Is You Who Are Doing The Work. Think That Is The Underlying Current Which Is Doing It. Identify Yourself With The Current.

We See Only The Script And Not The Paper On Which The Script Is Written. The Paper Is There, Whether The Script Is On It Or Not. To Those Who Look Upon The Script As Real, You Have To Say That It Is Unreal - An Illusion - Since It Rests Upon The Paper. The Wise Person Looks Upon Both Paper And Script As One.

Mind Is But A Poor Reflection Of The Radiant Heart.

The World Is Illusory, Only Brahman Is Real, Brahman Is The World

Why Should You Trouble Yourself About The Future? You Do Not Even Properly Know About The Present. Take Care Of The Present, The Future Will Take Care Of Itself.

All Are Seeing God Always. But They Do Not Know It.

The Experience Of Silence Alone Is The Real And Perfect Knowledge.

Suffering Is The Way For Realization Of God.

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.

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.

The Very Fact That We Wish For Liberation Shows That Freedom From All Bondage Is Our Real Nature. It Is Not To Be Freshly Acquired. All That Is Necessary Is To Get Rid Of The False Notion That We Are Bound.

There Is A State When Words Cease And Silence Prevails.

Till You Reach The State Of Jnana And Thus Wake Out Of Maya You Must Do Social Service By Relieving Suffering Whenever You See It. But Even Then You Must Do It Without Ahankara, I.e., Without The Sense Of 'i Am The Doer', But With The Feeling 'i Am The Lord's Tool'.

Discover Your Undying Self And Be Immortal And Happy.

See What Helps You To Keep Away All Other Thoughts And Adopt That Method For Your Meditation.

When Your Real, Effortless, Joyful Grateful Nature Is Realized, It Will Not Be Inconsistent With The Ordinary Activities Of Life.

There Are No Impediments To Meditation. The Very Thought Of Such Obstacles Is The Greatest Impediment.

Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodhah - (yoga Is To Check The Mind From Changing) - Which Is Acceptable To All. That Is Also The Goal Of All. The Method Is Chosen According To One's Own Fitness. The Goal For All Is The Same. Yet Different Names Are Given To The Goal Only To Suit The Process Preliminary To Reaching The Goal. Bhakti, Yoga, Jnana Are All The Same.

...the Lord Of The Universe Carries The Entire Burden Of This World. You Imagine You Do. You Can Hand All Your Burdens Over To His Care. Whatever You Have To Do, You Will Be Made An Instrument For Doing It At The Right Time. Do Not Think You Cannot Do It Unless You Have The Desire To Do It. Desire Does Not Give You The Strength For Doing. The Entire Strength Is The Lord's.

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.

The Man Who Has The Sense Of The Body Being Himself Cannot Possibly Worship God As Formless; Whatever Worship He Makes Will Be Worship In Form Alone, Not Otherwise.

As You Are, So Is The World.

Take No Notice Of The Ego And Its Activities, But See Only The Light Behind.

Consciousness Is Indeed Always With Us. Everyone Knows 'i Am!' No One Can Deny His Own Being.

Having Set One's Family In Consonance With The Community, He Should Make His Family Prosperous To Ensure The Prosperity Of The Community.

Doubts Arise Because Of An Absence Of Surrender.

There Is Neither Past Nor Future. There Is Only The Present.

Peace Can Reign Only Where There Is No Disturbance, And Disturbance Is Due To Thoughts That Arise In The Mind.

Calmness Is The Criterion Of Spiritual Progress. Plunge The Purified Mind Into The Heart. Then The Work Is Over.

God's Grace Consists In The Fact That He Shines In The Heart Of Every One As The Self; That Power Of Grace Does Not Exclude Any One, Whether Good Or Otherwise.

The Body Dies, But The Spirit That Transcends It Cannot Be Touched By Death.

The Question 'who Am I?' Is Not Really Meant To Get An Answer, The Question 'who Am I?' Is Meant To Dissolve The Questioner.

Silence Is Truth. Silence Is Bliss. Silence Is Peace. And Hence Silence Is The Self.

Without Knowing The Knower, All The Knowledge That One Gathers Cannot Be Valid.

Grace Is Within You. Grace Is Your Self. Grace Is Not Something To Be Acquired From Others. If It Is External, It Is Useless. All That Is Necessary Is To Know Its Existence Is In You. You Are Never Out Of Its Operation.

You May Go On Reading Any Number Of Books On Meditation. They Can Only Tell You ‘realize The Self’. The Self Cannot Be Found In Books. You Have To Find It For Yourself In Yourself.

There Is No Greater Mystery Than This, That We Keep Seeking Reality Though In Fact We Are Reality.

Nobody Doubts That He Exists, Though He May Doubt The Existence Of God. If He Finds Out The Truth About Himself And Discovers His Own Source, This Is All That Is Required.

You Do Not Like To Suffer Yourself. How Can You Inflict Suffering On Others?

Pure Consciousness, Which Is The Heart, Includes All, And Nothing Is Outside Or Apart From It. That Is The Ultimate Truth.

We Are Always Peace. To Get Rid Of The Idea That We Are Not Peace Is All That Is Required.

Mind Is A Wonderful Force Inherent In The Self.

The World Is So Unhappy Because It Is Ignorant Of The True Self. Man’s Real Nature Is Happiness. Happiness Is Inborn In The True Self. Man’s Search For Happiness Is An Unconscious Search For His True Self. The True Self Is Imperishable; Therefore, When A Man Finds It, He Finds A Happiness Which Does Not Come To An End.

I See Only What You See, But I Notice What I See.

From Where Does This "i" Arise? Seek For It Within; It Then Vanishes. This Is The Pursuit Of Wisdom. When The Mind Unceasingly Investigates Its Own Nature, It Transpires That There Is No Such Thing As Mind. This Is The Direct Path For All. The Mind Is Merely Thoughts. Of All Thoughts The Thought "i" Is The Root.

It Is Said That The Heart Is In The Microcosm Just As The Orb Of The Sun In The Macrocosm. The Mind In Sahasrara Is Like The Disc Of The Moon.

The Mind Turned Inwards Is The Self; Turned Outwards, It Becomes The Ego And All The World. Cotton Made Into Various Clothes We Call By Various Names. Gold Made Into Various Ornaments, We Call By Various Names. But All The Clothes Are Cotton And All The Ornaments Gold. The One Is Real, The Many Are Mere Names And Forms.

The Life Of Action Need Not Be Renounced. If You Meditate For An Hour Or Two Every Day You Can Then Carry On With Your Duties. If You Meditate In The Right Manner Then The Current Of Mind Induced Will Continue To Flow Even In The Midst Of Your Work.

The Master Is Within; Meditation Is Meant To Remove The Ignorant Idea That He Is Only Outside. If He Is A Stranger Whom You Await, He Is Bound To Disappear Also. What Is The Use Of A Transient Being Like That? But So Long As You Think You Are Separate Or That You Are The Body, An External Master Is Also Necessary And He Will Appear To Have A Body. When The Wrong Identification Of Oneself With The Body Ceases, The Master Will Be Found To Be None Other Than The Self.

No One Succeeds Without Effort... Those Who Succeed Owe Their Success To Perseverance.

You Are The Witness Of The Three Bodies: The Gross, The Subtle, And The Causal, And Of The Three Times: Past, Present And Future, And Also This Void. In The Story Of The Tenth Man, When Each Of Them Counted And Thought They Were Only Nine, Each One Forgetting To Count Himself, There Is A Stage When They Think One Is Missing And Do Not Know Who It Is; And That Corresponds To The Void. We Are So Accustomed To The Notion That All That We See Around Us Is Permanent And That We Are This Body, That When All This Ceases To Exist We Imagine And Fear That We Also Have Ceased To Exist.

The Ego's Phenomenal Existence Is Transcended When You Dive Into The Source From Where The `i'-thought Rises

All Activities And Events That A Body Is To Go Through Are Determined At The Time Of Conception.

If The Ego Rises, All Else Will Also Rise; If It Subsides, All Else Will Also Subside.

God Dwells In You, As You, And You Don't Have To 'do' Anything To Be God-realized Or Self-realized, It Is Already Your True And Natural State. Just Drop All Seeking, Turn Your Attention Inward, And Sacrifice Your Ego Mind To The One Self Radiating In The Heart Of Your Very Being. For This To Be Your Own Presently Lived Experience, Self-inquiry Meditation Is A Direct And Immediate Way.

When One Remains Without Thinking One Understands Another By Means Of The Universal Language Of Silence.

The Solution To Your Problem Is To See Who Has It.

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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.

The Fact Is That The Mind Is Only A Bundle Of Thoughts. The Mind Is Fattened By New Thoughts Rising Up. Therefore It Is Foolish To Attempt To Kill The Mind By Means Of The Mind. The Only Way Of Doing It Is To Find Its Source And Hold On To It. The Mind Will Then Fade Away Of Its Own Accord.

The State Of Self-realization, As We Call It, Is Not Attaining Something New Or Reaching Some Goal Which Is Far Away, But Simply Being That Which You Always Are And Which You Always Have Been.

All That Exists Is But The Manifestation Of The Supreme Being.

Knowing The Self, God Is Known.

By Happy Fraternity Amongst Themselves, The Embodied Beings Get The Supreme Peace. Then All This Earth Shines Like One House. When The Men, The Embodied Beings Treat Each Other With Equal Respect And Have Good Brotherly Feelings Amongst Themselves, Great Peace And Harmony Abound. Then All This Earth Shines Like One House. The Whole World Shines Like The One Dwelling House Of The Entire Human Family.

Every Living Being Longs Always To Be Happy, Untainted By Sorrow; And Everyone Has The Greatest Love For Himself, Which Is Solely Due To The Fact That Happiness Is His Real Nature. Hence, In Order To Realize That Inherent And Untainted Happiness, Which Indeed He Daily Experiences When The Mind Is Subdued In Deep Sleep, It Is Essential That He Should Know Himself. For Obtaining Such Knowledge The Inquiry 'who Am I?' In Quest Of The Self Is The Best Means.

True Silence Is Really Endless Speech.

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