Precious Words from Ramana Maharshi

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Harsha: Some more gems from the Sage of Arunachala

 

1. It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise ? The real

is as it is, ever. How to realise it ? All that is required is this. We have

realised the unreal, i.e., regarded as real what is unreal. We have to give

up this attitude. That is all that is required for us to attain jnana. We

are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have

before.

 

 

2. Effortless and choiceless awareness is our real state. If we can attain

it or be in it, it is all right. But one cannot reach it without effort, the

effort of deliberate meditation. All the age long vasanas (impressions)

carry the mind outwards and turn it to external objects. All such thoughts

have to be given up and the mind turned inward. For that, effort is

necessary, for most people. Of course everybody, every book says 'Be quiet

or still'. But it is not easy. That is why all this effort is necessary.