--- title: "6 Seeking Quotes By Ramana Maharshi" description: "6 Seeking quotes by Ramana Maharshi. Plus more from Ramana Maharshi and more Seeking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/ramana-maharshi-915_attention_god-dwells-in-you-as-you-and-you-don-t-h_1008493.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/god-dwells-in-you-as-you-and-you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-be-god/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/ramana-maharshi-915_attention_god-dwells-in-you-as-you-and-you-don-t-h_1008493.jpg) > [There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality. We think that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/there-is-no-greater-mystery-than-this-that-we-keep-seeking-reality/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/ramana-maharshi-915_dawn_there-is-no-greater-mystery-than-this-th_1260157.jpg) > [How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/how-does-one-get-rid-of-fear-ramana-what-is-fear-it-is-only-a-thought/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ramana-maharshi-915_arise_how-does-one-get-rid-of-fear-ramana-what_1287507.jpg) > [Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/reality-is-simply-the-loss-of-ego-destroy-the-ego-by-seeking-its/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/ramana-maharshi-915_ego_reality-is-simply-the-loss-of-ego-destro_1942503.jpg) > [He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/he-that-sees-the-lord-in-the-temple-the-living-body-by-seeking-him/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/ramana-maharshi-915_body_he-that-sees-the-lord-in-the-temple-the_2556296.jpg) > [There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/there-is-no-greater-mystery-than-this-that-we-keep-seeking-reality-2/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/ramana-maharshi-915_facts_there-is-no-greater-mystery-than-this-th_3218552.jpg) ## Other authors on Seeking ## More by Ramana Maharshi > [Then all this earth shines like one house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/then-all-this-earth-shines-like-one-house/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/silence-is-most-powerful-speech-is-always-less-powerful-than-silence/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/meditation-is-sticking-to-one-thought-that-single-thought-keeps-away/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-more-you-prune-a-plant-the-more-it-grows-so-too-the-more-you-seek/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/think-of-god-attachments-will-gradually-drop-away-if-you-wait-till/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/that-which-rises-and-sinks-is-made-up-of-what-it-rises-from-the/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/food-affects-the-mind-for-the-practice-of-any-kind-of-yoga/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-mind-of-one-meditating-on-a-single-object-becomes-one-pointed-and/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/eating-bathing-going-to-the-toilet-talking-thinking-and-many-other/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Knowing the Self, God is known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/knowing-the-self-god-is-known/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/every-moment-there-is-creation-every-moment-destruction-there-is-no/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-entire-universe-is-condensed-in-the-body-and-the-entire-body-in/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/the-state-of-self-realization-as-we-call-it-is-not-attaining/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/god-illumines-the-mind-and-shines-within-it-one-cannot-know-god-by/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) > [We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/we-are-so-engrossed-with-the-objects-or-appearances-revealed-by-the/) [Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeking/ramana-maharshi/#itemlist", "name": "6 Seeking Quotes By Ramana Maharshi", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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