The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
...Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always Bliss. This desire [for Bliss] is born of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a… — 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
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
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
There must be a subject to know the good and evil. Thatsubject is the ego. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I'-thought rises — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will… — 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
That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and… — 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
All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind. — 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
