Ramana Maharshi

Keep Advaita within the heart.

Do not ever carry it into action. Even if you apply it to all the three worlds, it is not to be applied to the guru.

I shall declare truly the essence of the final doctrine of the Vedanta.

When the ego dies and becomes that, the self of pure awareness, that alone abides.

That which is the support, the soul, the source, the purpose and the power of all this world

The reality behind all this appearance, that indeed exists, let that, the truth, abide in our heart.

In the company of sages attachment vanishes and with attachment illusion. Freed from illusion one attains stability

and thence liberation, while yet alive. Seek therefore the company of sages. Not by listening to preachers, nor by the study of books, not by meritorious deeds,

Nor by any other means can one attain that supreme state, which is attainable only through association with the sages and the clear quest of the self.

When one has learned to love the company of sages, wherefore all these rules of discipline? When a pleasant cool southern breeze is blowing,

What need is there for a fan? Fever is overcome by the cool light of the moon, want by the good wish-yielding tree, and sin by the holy Ganges.

Those three, fever and want and sin, all flee at the sight of the peerless sage. Holy rivers, which are only water,

and idols which are made of stone and clay are not as mighty as the sages. For while they make one pure in course of countless days, the sages' eyes by a mere glance purify at once.

Who is God? One who knows the mind. Myself, the spirit, knows my mind.

Therefore, you are God. And also the scriptures declares that there is only one God, the Noah. By what light do you see

the sun by day, the lamp by night. By what light do you see these lights? The eye. By what light do you see the eye? The mind. By what light do you know the mind? Myself.

You then are the light of lights. Yes, that I am.

In the center of the heart cave, there shines alone the one Brahman as the I-I, the Atman. Reach the heart by diving deep in quest of the self, or by controlling the mind with the breath.

and stay established in the Atman. In the lotus of the heart is pure and changeless consciousness in the form of the self. When the ego is removed,

This consciousness of self bestows liberation of soul.