Ramana Maharshi quote: "The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before st...
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
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I am not the perishable body, but the eternal Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.
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Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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Time and space always change, but there is something which is eternal and changeless. For example, t...
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There a...
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I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not b...
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If yo...
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Doubts never end. If one doubt is removed, another takes its place. It is like removing the leaves o...
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Silence is also conversation.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-o...
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The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. The...
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage ca...
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way ...
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seek...
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Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later ...
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It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause ...
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Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the i...
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Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food res...
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It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that positio...
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the ...
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, ne...
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If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon fin...
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The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divi...
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the at...
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The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the pict...
RAMANA MAHARSHI

There is neither creation nor destruction,
neither destiny nor free will, neither
path nor...
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the...
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Does a man who is acting on the stage in a female part forget that he is a man? Similarly, we too mu...
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Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he...
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As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer s...
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There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control because the mind, like breath, i...
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It is grace in us that inspire us to seek grace outside.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency...
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Experiences such as, 'I went; I came; I was; I did,' come naturally to everyone. From these ...
RAMANA MAHARSHI

Stop raping me with your eyes!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Every woman deserves a Man who not only responds to her words, but to her silence as well!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Manipulation is application of intelligence on people to achieve a pre-meditated outcome solely bene...
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Earlier men craved for love from women, nowadays they ask everything except love!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Don’t allow yourself to be killed by what’s killing You within!
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You boast what you already have yet feel insecure and jealous when you find the same in others. That...
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You boast of what you already have yet feel insecure and jealous when you find in same in others. Th...
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A Woman trading her beauty for attention is same as a Man exhibiting his intelligence, for these pri...
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The source for any mental trauma is never other person, but its your own MIND psyching YOU into beli...
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Only when you fail to express, have you experienced in totality. You become one with it!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

We are what our parents didn't want US to be!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

An artist is one who can see divinity in nudity!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

I love you more than you love yourself! A fact you will never realize.
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

All men are great for they convey something through their deeds and while most of them do from their...
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One of the hallmarks of great men is that they never make us conscious of their presence, instead th...
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The situation did not look good when I saw him at 4 am. He was rushed to the hospital. That made it ...
RAMANA RAO

Never take someone for granted based on your perception and act on it, for that would yield in ultim...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Being labeled as a fool, has its own advantages, because you are yourself, real, authentic and the s...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

We are united by our common fears and divided by our individual freedom!
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It's not how well you communicate, but how intensely you have blended emotions with words that provi...
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As a storyteller, I believe it's more about connecting with the audience and less with their respons...
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The heights of self-torment is not acting on what makes you feel good!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

I could think, write or tell, instead I Lived and Created Myself!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Of all the things in the world, I'm particularly amazed at, is the conviction with which the MIND, e...
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Did I? May be I did unconsciously, but don't make me conscious of it for I can't justify my actions!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Don't just think, ACT!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Until now Psychologists only factored in emotional and physical gratification, but VIRTUAL GRATIFICA...
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Until now psychologists only factored in emotional and physical gratification while studying subject...
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We think intelligently yet act foolishly!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

The problem is not that Women think, the problem is that they think that they THINK!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

All that we have achieved in life is creating a virtual reality for ourselves, while burying the act...
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YOU are what you're allowing yourself to be!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

The only good thing about people not taking me seriously is that I'm not serious myself!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Always remember the hankering for the 'other' is never for them, but to use them as a means of your ...
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Higher income either indicates higher intelligence or lesser morals!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Not everyone who plays knows the rules and neither the One who watches the game is a novice, Grow Up...
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Only he qualifies to be an INDIVIDUAL, who has created an IMAGE for himself, in tune with his INTRIN...
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When I say Be Perfect - it means BE AUTHENTICALLY YOURSELF in expressing your feelings, without any ...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Fear drives you from a responsive state to reactive state! Watch On!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

A person who can handle himself can handle anybody!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

You can satiate a Man's hunger but never his greed!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Everybody listens to Nobody!
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Your EGO feeds on the volume of the mental clutter, the greater the intensity the more crystallized ...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Beware of your thoughts, for they are not YOU!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

The day Man ignores woman in entirety, they will loose their control and supremacy in society and th...
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Wo-man: A male mind driving a female body!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

We are attuned to our suffering due the certaininty it brings with it!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Making Love is different form having Sex. While the former recharges you with orgasmic experience, t...
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You will love and admire the One who is honest and blunt in his views, as long as you're not his sub...
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Words represent your emotional state, beware of what you speak! Restore your mental balance.
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Communication is not using beautiful and complex words to impress, but its all about expressing our ...
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My perception of your beauty was far more erotic than your real beauty! Am I to be blamed for taking...
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Finally, I realised that No One, howsoever you may consider dearest to you, will never mend their wa...
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I cared for you more that you cared yourself. Something which I regret for you didn't deserve to be ...
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Misunderstanding is understanding in your own way than what IS!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Life is a journey between Perception and Reality!
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In a pursuit of convenience, man has only caused more inconvenience for himself!
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The fact is no one has understood me in entirety till now!
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Those who claim to be intelligent and you as fool, forget the basic anatomy, a fool does not figure ...
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We live in a strange world where people don’t try to know who we are, rather they go by, what they...
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People make an impression about you not by what you do, but how they perceive your works!
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The compulsion to remain beautiful forever has made women more uglier than ever. Remember its not ab...
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I'm yet to see a woman who has confessed to a treachery for breaking a man's heart!
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The truth is that no one is truthful these days!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

You are Innocent, you can't be otherwise, there is no other way, even in your lust, greed, hatred, c...
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I have never consciously boasted myself but from hereon I make a point not to even unconsciously und...
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I'm less amazed with your success and more with how you remain unaffected by what it brings with it.
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

When passion blends with profession it turns into a masterpiece...
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Sometimes you're so overwhelmed by an information that you seldom check the facticity of it.
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The source for any mental trauma is never the other person, but its your own MIND psyching YOU into ...
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You have treasured your MIND more than your 'SELF' and that's the primary source of unhappiness!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

When enlightened souls come in contact with ignorant people like you, they have to speak in YOUR lan...
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Very seldom do you Live, mostly it’s the Mind that lives through YOU!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Are you listening to Life or your Mind?
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Nothing is ever wrong if you learn out of it and nothing is right if it makes you arrogant. Watch On...
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As long as you’re taking advice from others, you are not integrated, total - every move will be ou...
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Stop manipulating yourSELF!
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I allowed to get manipulated, who's to be blamed You or Me?
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

The intensity of Intellectual suffering in Man is same as Emotional suffering in a Woman.
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

It's not so much about doing, but how much you're getting into the right mood that ultimately make t...
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Words don’t take you anywhere, at the most they aid in a mental projection; it’s the experience ...
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Be careful what you choose to experience, because you never remain the same person as earlier. Somet...
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Man swings between cunningness of the mind and vulnerability of the heart! Be Aware.
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The more I try to understand one very peculiar aspect of women, it seems clear to me that apart from...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

You must agree to disagree, a trait so rare these days!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

We tried to revive him but could not succeed. We did everything to save him.
RAMANA RAO

One must judiciously retrospect not just his actions but also reactions of the other in order to arr...
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Sing your way to Ecstasy!
RAMANA PEMMARAJU

Call it Irony or destiny of life, but the fact is I failed to make a living from what 'I loved doing...
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Trust me, all the innovative ideas that we put into practice, comes not within but outside the workp...
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What makes each of US unique is our ability to connect emotionally at varied degrees, thus making it...
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It's been my understanding that the basic fallacy for any conflict has to do with our intrinsic beli...
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One has to understand that THINKING and WORRYING are polar opposites, though functioning from same s...
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Be aware of your intrinsic energies - that is what you are made of!- Ramana Pemmaraju
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Sanity exists only in books, while Insanity rules our lives!
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Write only if you wish to read it again and again...
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One of the most fascinating aspect of humans is their 'object of fascination' which makes them remar...
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Sagittarians are aliens disguised as humans!
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What really annoys me very often is when People start comparing two individuals. This clearly indica...
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

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