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Ramana Maharshi
Find out who is subject to free will or predestination and abide in that state.
Then both are transcended. That is the only purpose in discussing these questions. To whom do such questions present themselves?
Discover that and be at peace.
Ramana Maharshi
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Ramana Maharshi
“You give up various possessions. If, instead, you give up “I” and “mine,” you give them all up in one stroke and lose the very seed of possession.”
– Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
“Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the universe who accomplishes everything. Remain all the time steadfast in the heart, in the Transcendental Absolute. God knows the past, present and future. He will determine the future for you and accomplish the work. What is to be done will be done at the proper time. Do...n’t worry. Abide in the heart and surrender your acts to the Divine.”
- Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
How will the mind become quiescent?
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'.
The thought 'Who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts,
and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre,
it will itself in the end get destroyed.
Then, there will arise Self-Realization.
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga is really nothing but ceasing to think that you are different from the Self or Reality.
...you never were or could be separate from the Self.
Ramana Maharshi 'No want' is the greatest bliss. Even an emperor is no match for a man with no want.
Ramana Maharshi
Q: There are a number of spiritual teachers, teaching various paths. Whom should one take for one's Guru?
Bhagavan: Choose that one where you find you get shanti (peace).
Ramana Maharshi
Visions and thought-currents are had according to the state of mind. It depends on the individual and not upon the universal presence. Moreover, they are immaterial. What matters is peace of mind.
What is realisation? Is it to see God with four hands, bearing a conch, a wheel (disc) and a club? Even if God should appear... in that form, how is the disciple’s ignorance wiped out? The truth must be eternal realisation. The direct perception is ever-present experience. God Himself is known when He is directly perceived. It does not mean that he appears before the devotee in some particular form. Unless the realisation is eternal it cannot serve any useful purpose. Can the appearance of God with four hands be eternal realisation? It is phenomenal and illusory. There must be a seer. The seer alone is real and eternal.
Ramana Maharshi
D. When an endeavor is made to lead the right life and to concentrate thought on the Self, there is often a downfall and break. What then is to be done?
M. It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall. Gradually the obstacles a...re all overcome and your current becomes stronger. Everything comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required.
Talks with Ramana Maharshi on 2/4/1935
Ramana Maharshi
D. How will the sexual impulse cease to be?
M. When differentiation ceases.
D. How can it be effected?
M. The “opposite” sex, and its relation are only mental concepts. The Upanishad says that all are dear because the Self is beloved of all. One’s happiness is within; the love is of the Self only. It is only within; do no...t think it to be without. Then differentiation ceases to operate.
From:
Talks with Ramana Maharshi
January 21, 1937
