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The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi In His Own Words

Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi

 

All the scriptures are meant only to make a man retrace his steps

to his original source. He need not acquire anything new. He only has

to give up false ideas and useless accretions. Instead of doing this,

however, he tries to grasp something strange and mysterious because

he believes his happiness lies elsewhere. That is the mistake.

 

All scriptures without exception proclaim that for attaining

salvation, the mind should be subdued. And once one knows that

control of the mind is their final aim, it is futile to make an

interminable study of them. What is required for such control is

actual inquiry into oneself by self-interrogation – " Who am I? " How

can this inquiry in quest of the Self be made by means of a study of

the scriptures?