There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart. — 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 depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over. — 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
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Peace is for the purification of one's mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power,… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control because the mind, like breath, is a part of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he performs, so also one… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind itself is of the form of all, i.e., of soul, God and world; when it becomes of the form of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If one watches whence the notion 'I' arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if… — 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
