The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others? — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If a person realises his position and stays in his own self, things that are to happen will happen. Things that are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it. Like silver in… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in… — 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
