Best quotes by Ramana Maharshi on Thoughts

Checkout quotes by Ramana Maharshi on Thoughts

• ‟ 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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• ‟ The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.

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• ‟ The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real.

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• ‟ When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

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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 you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.

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