We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required. — 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
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is 'I'; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self. — 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
A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the… — 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
Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah - (Yoga is to check the mind from changing) - which is acceptable to all. That is also the goal of all. The method is chosen according to one's own fitness. The goal for all is the same. Yet different names are given to the goal only to suit the process preliminary to reaching the goal.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
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
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you're looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you… — 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
What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it. Like silver in… — 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 one's true being. All efforts are to be directed simply to removing the veil of ignorance. Concentrating the mind solely on the Self will lead to happiness or bliss. Drawing in the thoughts, restraining them and preventing them… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share
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
