A Quote by Ramana Maharshi

It is enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is giving oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself by imagining this source to be some God outside you. One's source is within oneself. Give yourself up to it. That means that you should seek the source and merge in it.

Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi
Indian - Philosopher
December 30, 1879 - April 14, 1950

Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

Ramana Maharshi

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