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Yoga Quotes by Ramana Maharshi
- Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of…
- Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the…
- When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
- Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for…
- When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
- The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of…
- The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
- There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind…
- Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.
- Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation…
- When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.
- See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will…
- Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
- The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into.
- 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 to…
- Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.
- Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.
- Realization is our true nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need to be…
- A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave…
- Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither…
- Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
- Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
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