Ramana Maharshi

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation…

— Ramana Maharshi

Suffering turns men towards their creator.

— Ramana Maharshi

“All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good,…

— Ramana Maharshi

What message is needed when heart speaks to heart?

— Ramana Maharshi

The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to…

— Ramana Maharshi

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.

— Ramana Maharshi

Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.

— Ramana Maharshi

Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union…

— Ramana Maharshi

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad…

— Ramana Maharshi

The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to…

— Ramana Maharshi

Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the…

— Ramana Maharshi

Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.

— Ramana Maharshi

By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.

— Ramana Maharshi

The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are…

— Ramana Maharshi

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

— Ramana Maharshi

Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see…

— Ramana Maharshi

The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I'-thought rises

— Ramana Maharshi

Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he performs, so also one…

— Ramana Maharshi

If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's…

— Ramana Maharshi

That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real

— Ramana Maharshi

By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for…

— Ramana Maharshi

When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.

— Ramana Maharshi

Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.

— Ramana Maharshi

The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys…

— Ramana Maharshi

'I Am' is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.

— Ramana Maharshi