Ramana Maharshi Poems

Is it not, rather, ignorance to know all else
without knowing oneself, the knower?
As soon as one knows the Self,
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Bliss is not something to be got.
On the other hand you are always Bliss.
This desire [for Bliss] is born of the sense of incompleteness.
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You root out the ego
Of those who in their heart
Dwell on You, O
Arunachala!
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There is nothing new to get.
You have on the other hand,
to get rid of your ignorance,
which makes you think you are other than Bliss.
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From our perception of the world
there follows acceptance of a unique
First Principle possessing various powers.
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As in a well of water deep,
Dive deep with Reason cleaving sharp.
With speech, mind and breath restrained,
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The Self is known to every one but not clearly.
You always exist.
The Be-ing is the Self. ‘I am’ is the name of God.
Of all definitions of God,
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Him who begot you as a child you made
Into a beggar; as a child yourself
You then lived everywhere just to support
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When the thieves, the five senses,
Intrude into my heart,
Are you not in my heart
Arunachala!
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Magnet and iron wise
Never cease attracting me
And be one with me,
Arunachala!
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