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Quotes About Enlightenment

If you understand your own reality, then that of the rishis and Masters will be clear to you. There is only one Master and that is the Self […] The power is only one in all. (p. 110-111)
~ Ramana Maharshi
If it is asked whether the wise man derives any benefit from the discharge of domestic duties, it may be answered that, as he has already attained the state of complete satisfaction which is the sum total of all benefits and the highest good of all, he does not stand to gain anything more by discharging family duties.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Divine Grace is essential for realization. It leads one to God-realization. But such Grace is vouchsafed only to him who is a true devotee or a yogin, who has striven hard and ceaselessly on the path towards freedom. (p. 26)
~ Ramana Maharshi
All that is needed is that you give up your realisation of the not-true as true.
~ Ramana Maharshi
How can the intellect which can never reach the Self be competent to ascertain, and much less decide the nature of the final state of Realization? It is like trying to measure the sunlight at its source by the standard of the light given by a candle. The wax will melt down before the candle comes anywhere near
~ Ramana Maharshi
Realization is nothing to be gained afresh, it is already there. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought 'I have not realised'.
~ Ramana Maharshi
If you take the appearance to be real you will never know the Real itself, although it is the Real alone that exists. This point is illustrated by the analogy of the 'snake in the rope'. As long as you see the snake you cannot see the rope as such. The non-existent snake becomes real to you, while the real rope seems wholly non-existent as such.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The Master is the same as God and not different from him. (p. 27)
~ Ramana Maharshi
Never mind the mind. If its source is sought, it will vanish leaving the Self unaffected.
~ Ramana Maharshi
You are That, here and now. (p. 77)
~ Ramana Maharshi
The realization is the result of the Master's grave more than teachings, lectures, meditation, etc. They are only secondary aids, whereas the former is the primary and the essential cause. 1935jan07
~ Ramana Maharshi
After negating all of the above mentioned as 'not this', 'not this', that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Inquiring into the nature of one's self that is in bondage, and realising one's true nature is liberation.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Not leaving the Self is wisdom.
~ Ramana Maharshi
There is a state beyond our efforts or effortlessness. Until it is realised effort is necessary. After tasting such Bliss, even once, one will repeatedly try to regain it. Having once experienced the Bliss of Peace no one would like to be out of it or engaged himself otherwise.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Therefore, when the world appears (to be real), the Self does not appear; and when the Self appears (shines) the world does not appear.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Dristim jnanamayim kritva, pasyet Brahmamayam jagat. By making your standpoint that of wisdom, the world will be seen only as God. (p. 153)
~ Ramana Maharshi
Accept it all your so called SINS are only a result of your unawareness and nothing else. Stay Aware, Live Blissful!
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
Complexity is a product of unawareness and simplicity a result of awareness! Uncomplex yourself, Live Life!
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
Find your I first and then dissolve in it!
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
From language to no-language is the journey and certainly every master has to use lies to attract you, to make you aware of your mindlessness, your stupidity. That's why I tell you to relish this very moment, and when you squeeze out the juice of every moment, then you will realise that there is nothing worthy in this world, then for the first time you start turning IN-wards, not otherwise!
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
Man has been bestowed with all the senses, Alas! What a drama, we are yet to know the art of using it!"
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
The moment you become conscious of your unconscious state, you're instantly transformed!"
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
You're not to achieve anything, on the contrary you are to drop whatever you have accumulated over ages and its difficult mind you, not that its part of you, but YOU have owned this mental clutter unconsciously. The moment you unburden yourself, for the first time YOU ARE! never before."
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU