Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are… — Ramana Maharshi Consciousness Copy Share Image
I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not… — Ramana Maharshi Enlightenment Copy Share Image
The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear… — Ramana Maharshi Annihilation Copy Share Image
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot… — Ramana Maharshi Book Copy Share Image
Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification. — Ramana Maharshi Awareness Copy Share Image
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with… — Ramana Maharshi Effort 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
It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see… — Ramana Maharshi Absolutes Copy Share Image
As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is… — Ramana Maharshi Body Copy Share Image
See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away -… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure… — Ramana Maharshi Adventure Copy Share Image
Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and… — Ramana Maharshi Action Copy Share Image
The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes… — Ramana Maharshi Clothes Copy Share Image
Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called the world. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no… — Ramana Maharshi Dreams Copy Share Image
The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine… — Ramana Maharshi Divine Copy Share Image
Peace is for the purification of one's mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power,… — Ramana Maharshi Community Copy Share Image
An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart. — Ramana Maharshi Consciousness 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 Concentration Copy Share Image
Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will… — Ramana Maharshi Ego Copy Share Image
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“A Higher Power is leading you. Be led by the same. The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do… — Ramana Maharshi Divine guidance Copy Share Image
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees… — Ramana Maharshi Alone Copy Share Image
That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to… — Ramana Maharshi Fun Copy Share Image
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to… — Ramana Maharshi Bondage Copy Share Image
Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is… — Ramana Maharshi Body Copy Share Image
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation… — Ramana Maharshi Consciousness Copy Share Image
Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the… — Ramana Maharshi Action Copy Share Image
When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it… — 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… — Ramana Maharshi Creation Copy Share Image
The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be… — Ramana Maharshi Consciousness Copy Share Image
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is… — Ramana Maharshi Bliss 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 Auras Copy Share Image
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not… — Ramana Maharshi Brain Copy Share Image
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things… — Ramana Maharshi Identity Copy Share Image
