Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole… — 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
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
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
It is enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is giving oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth.… — 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
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 Him or on the seer, the Self, there is a mental vibration 'I' to which all are reduced. Tracing the source of 'I', the primal 'I-I' alone remains over, and it is inexpressible. The seat of… — 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 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
