The State of liberated Being can be reached only by "dying"; but (this) dying does not consist in destruction of the body;… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has… — 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
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
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 attainment is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
