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
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world? — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
What is illusion? M.: To whom is the illusion? Find it out. Then illusion will vanish. Generally people want to know about… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and… — 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
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
