Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness;… — 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… — 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… — 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
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also… — 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
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control because the mind, like breath, is a part of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought. — 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
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
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still. — 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
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
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
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