Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
How to get rid of the mind? Is it the mind that wants to kill itself? The mind cannot kill itself. So… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You have to ask yourself the question 'Who am I?' This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness;… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Happiness is your real nature. You identify with yourself with the body and mind, feel it's limitations, and suffer. Realize your true… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
