Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi /ˈrʌmənə məhʌˈrɪʃi/was an Indian sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but was and is most commonly known under the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth20 December 1879
CountryIndia
Ramana Maharshi quotes about
reality self goal
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realization.
self mind body
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
grace desire facts
Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
moments
There is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
yoga ideas realization
Realization consists of getting rid of the false idea that one is not realized.
perception awareness indirect
Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.
heart body nucleus
The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe.
body events determined
All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
meditation-practice self-realization method
Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
giving-up heart home
When you truly feel this equal love for all, when your heart has expanded so much that it embraces the whole of creation, you will certainly not feel like giving up this or that. You will simply drop off from secular life as a ripe fruit drops from the branch of a tree. You will feel that the whole world is your home.
pain mind essentials
Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness
sea ego attention
By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.
eye temples body
He that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
acquisition camouflage faculty
Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage