See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. — 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
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
Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!'… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind… — 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
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
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
