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Q: What is the difference between the mind and the Self ?

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

There is no difference.

The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards,

it becomes the ego and all the world.

Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names.

Gold made into various ornaments,

we call by various names.

But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold.

The one is real, the many are mere names and forms.

But the mind does not exist apart from the Self,

that is, it has no independent existence.

The Self exists without the mind, never the mind without the Self.

Q: Brahman is said to be sat-chit-ananda. What does that mean?

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

Yes.

That is so.

That which is, is only sat.

That is called Brahman.

The luster of sat is chit and its nature is ananda.

These are not different from sat.

All the three together are known as satchit-ananda.

~ From Be as you are book