...the Lord of the Universe carries the entire burden of this world. You imagine you do. You can hand all your burdens… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination. — 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
Apart from thought, there is no independent entity called "world." Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body? — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind.… — 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
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
