Tao Te Ching
Ramana Maharshi
1879 – 1950 CE
A modern advocate in our non-thought lineage, Ramana Maharshi taught extensively but like Mahākāśyapa insisted in silence as the purest teaching, self-enquiry as the main spiritual method, and never publicized himself as a guru. Worshipped by thousands, he never claimed to have disciples and treated everyone with equal respect, never accepting private gifts. Somerset Maugham used him as the model for the guru in his book, The Razor’s Edge. He was a symbol for India that engendered a respect for their own culture and traditions that inspired independence from Britain.
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Eras
Western
Post-Romantic Age (1850 – 2018 CE)Gilded Age (1860 – 1900 CE)
Great Depression (1929 – 1941 CE)
Victorian (1837 – 1901 CE)
Roaring Twenties (1920 – 1929 CE)
Chinese
Qing dynasty (1644 – 1912 CE)Unlisted Sources
Be As You Are
Quotes by Ramana Maharshi (13 quotes)
“Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.”
Chapters:
29. Not Doing
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“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
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“Realization is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage”
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“Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.”
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“Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.”
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“Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.”
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“To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.”
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“The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.”
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“If you understand waking and sleep properly, you will understand life and death. But waking a sleeping happen every day, so people don't notice the wonder of it, but only want to know about life and death.”
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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 must play our parts on the stage of life, but we must not identify ourselves with those parts.”
from Be As You Are
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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 must play our parts on the stage of life, but we must not identify ourselves with those parts.”
from Be As You Are
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“No one succeeds without effort. Mind control is not your birthright. Those who succeed owe their liberation to perseverance.”
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