Ramana Maharši citáty

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„Jediný užitečný cíl tohoto zrození je obrátit se dovnitř a realizovat své Já. Není tu nic jiného, co by se dalo udělat.“

„Každý člověk je již dokonalý.“

„Ten, kdo je takto sjednocen s Nejvyšším universálním vědomím, nazírá na vše stejně, vidí Já přítomné ve všech bytostech a všechny bytosti v Já.“

„To, co je, je mír. Vše co potřebujeme, je zůstat tiší. Mír je naší skutečnou podstatou.“

„Pravá sebe-realizace znamená: zpátky k prvopočátku.“

„Nejde o to něco získat nebo něčeho dosáhnout, ale vždy jen o to, upustit od toho, co se prokázalo jako překážka.“

„Kdo má strach ze smrti, utíká se k nohám Svrchovaného Pána, přemožitele smrti. Ztrativ v něm své já, stává se nesmrtelným samou svou přirozeností. Jak by se ho mohla ještě týkat myšlenka smrti?“

„Seberealizace není dosažením vzdáleného cíle, ale bytím, kterým jsme již nyní.“

„Ti, kdo se oprostili od žádostí, hněvu, a podmanili si mysl, poznávají své Já. Stále pak kdekoliv prožívají Brahman Nirvanu (Skutečnou volnost a přirozenost).“

„Duch (Átman) je nezranitelný, není možné ho spálit, zmáčet či usušit. On je věčný, všeprostupující, neměnný, nehybný a trvalý.“

“16. Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.”

“That which rises in this body as 'I' is the mind. If one enquires 'In which place in the body does the thought 'I' rise first?', it will be known to be in the heart [spiritual heart is 'two digits to the right from the centre of the chest']. Even if one incessantly thinks 'I', 'I', it will lead to that place (Self)'.”

“What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?”

“By happy fraternity amongst themselves, the embodied beings get the supreme peace. Then all this earth shines like one house. When the men, the embodied beings treat each other with equal respect and have good brotherly feelings amongst themselves, great peace and harmony abound. Then all this earth shines like one house. The whole world shines like the one dwelling house of the entire human family.”

“Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.”

“If one watches whence the notion ‘I’ arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.”

“Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.”

“Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non.”

“"Knowledge itself is 'I.'”

“Relative knowledge pertains to the mind and not to the Self. It is therefore illusory and not permanent. Take a scientist, for instance. He formulates a theory that the Earth is round and goes on to prove it on an incontrovertible basis. When he falls asleep the whole idea vanishes; his mind is left a blank. What does it matter whether the world remains round or flat when he is asleep? So you see the futility of all such relative knowledge. One should go beyond relative knowledge and abide in the Self. Real knowledge is such experience, and not apprehension by the mind.”

“We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize or make real that which alone is real? All we need to do is to give up our habit of regarding as real that which is unreal. All religious practices are meant solely to help us do this. When we stop regarding the unreal as real, then Reality alone will remain, and we will be That.”

“In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.”

“2. That, from where all the activities of the embodied beings emerge, is mentioned as the heart. The description of its form is conceptual.”

“It is said that a good brotherly feeling with a sense of equality is the supreme goal to be reached collectively by all members of the community.”