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Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.

Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: December 31
Died: 1950
Died: April 14
Philosopher
Writer
States
Yoga
Body
Misery
Ever
Grief
Come
Neither
Self
Turn
Thereby
Mind
State
Inward
Thinking
Turns
Experienced
Happy
Cease

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