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Psychology Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

66 Psychology quotes by Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi teaches that meditation on a single thought quiets the mind and prevents distraction. He links vegetarianism to a pure, harmonious mind, saying food directly influences mental clarity. He explains that awakening a wandering mind and removing thoughts creates the peace where no disturbance can arise.

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Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.

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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

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When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

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If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind.

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Mind is but a poor reflection of the radiant Heart.

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When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.

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The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.

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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.

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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.

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He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,…

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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more…

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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady…

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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind…

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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking…

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The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore…

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The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry…

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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with…

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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…

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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to…

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There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised…

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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which…

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How to get rid of the mind? Is it the mind that wants to kill itself? The mind cannot kill itself. So…

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Happiness is your real nature. You identify with yourself with the body and mind, feel it's limitations, and suffer. Realize your true…

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Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.…

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The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real…

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Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also…

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Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of…

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As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is…

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Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.

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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.

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Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.

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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

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Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and…

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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the…

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Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.

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Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for…

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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.

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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the…

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The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is…

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Knowing the Self, God is known.

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Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal.

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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole…

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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…

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God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards…

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We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.

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