In the Heart's cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting 'I' shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called the world. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to… — 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
Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he performs, so also one… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Grace is always present. You imagine it as something high in the sky, far away, something that has to descend. It is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over. — 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
When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved. — 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
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form. — 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
