Questioner: How may one destroy the mind?
Sri Ramana Maharshi: Is there a mind in the first place? What you call mind is an illusion. It starts from the `I-thought'. Without the gross or subtle senses you cannot be aware of the body or the mind. Still it is possible for you to be without these senses. In such a state you are either asleep or aware of the Self only. Awareness of Self is ever there. Remain what you truly are and this question will not arise.
~ from "Talk 217"; 29th June, 1936
Sri Ramana Maharshi: Is there a mind in the first place? What you call mind is an illusion. It starts from the `I-thought'. Without the gross or subtle senses you cannot be aware of the body or the mind. Still it is possible for you to be without these senses. In such a state you are either asleep or aware of the Self only. Awareness of Self is ever there. Remain what you truly are and this question will not arise.
~ from "Talk 217"; 29th June, 1936
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