We are so engrossed with the objects, Ramana Maharshi More Quotes by Ramana Maharshi More Quotes From Ramana Maharshi The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self. Ramana Maharshi selfdoe 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. Ramana Maharshi goalselfreality The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend. Ramana Maharshi egohateenemy The Seeker himself becomes the knower. The thing to be known is already there. There is nothing to be known afresh. More-over there are no two things. There is only the seer, the knower. Ramana Maharshi seersseekerstwo Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now? Ramana Maharshi why-notselfmean The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is 'I'; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self. Ramana Maharshi selfspiritualworld 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. Ramana Maharshi sageintenseaction Self-reform automatically brings about social reform. Ramana Maharshi social-reformreformself To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist. Ramana Maharshi inwardthievesmind There is a state when words cease and silence prevails. Ramana Maharshi ceasestatessilence One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness. Ramana Maharshi storesselforder By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea. Ramana Maharshi dollsegosea The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him. Ramana Maharshi sagemindthinking He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed. Ramana Maharshi wisdomselfheart In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit. Ramana Maharshi bodyspiritmind 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. Ramana Maharshi growthcommunitymind Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation. Ramana Maharshi meditationselfmind Such happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction. Ramana Maharshi relativepleasuresatisfaction Then all this earth shines like one house. Ramana Maharshi shiningearthhouse Let knowledge be guessed by the sign of equality to all beings. Ramana Maharshi
