Practice Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

16 Practice quotes by Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi’s 16 succinct teachings cut straight to the core of self‑inquiry, offering a clear path for those who want to quiet the mind through disciplined practice. Each line feels like a quiet prompt toward deeper awareness.

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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

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The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking…

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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more…

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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

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Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for…

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See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.

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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

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One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!'…

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We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All…

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From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind…

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You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you…

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Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be…

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Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are…

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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and…

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Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice…

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Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of…

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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.

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Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant…

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Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have…

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That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on…

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Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and…

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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…

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Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the…

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Knowing the Self, God is known.

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Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal.

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The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole…

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