There must be a subject to know the good and evil. Thatsubject is the ego. — 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 deeply learned ones know the mind as the directly expressed meaning of the supreme knowledge. The heart is the meaning aimed… — 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
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being. — 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
Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present,… — 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
A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it. — 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
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge… — 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
Why should we... constantly worry ourselves... as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the universe who is ever victorious and accomplishes everything. Remain all the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You are the witness of the three bodies: the gross, the subtle, and the causal, and of the three times: past, present… — 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
