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
heart self names
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.
reality self here-and-now
The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
real self people
Speaking of Self-realizatio n is a delusion. It is only because people have been under the delusion that the non-Self is the Self and the unreal the Real that they have to be weaned out of it by the other delusion called Self-realizatio n; because actually the Self always is the Self and there is no such thing as realizing it.
adventure land risk
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
powerful silence speech
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
answers really-mean
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
wise real paper
We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script is on it or not. To those who look upon the script as real, you have to say that it is unreal - an illusion - since it rests upon the paper. The wise person looks upon both paper and script as one.
suffering realization way
Suffering is the way for Realization of God.
doubt surrender absence
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
freedom real wish
The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
self imagination world
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
reality light self
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
effort may quiet
In accordance with the prarabdha of each, the One whose function it is to ordain makes each to act. What will not happen will never happen, whatever effort one may put forth. And what will happen will not fail to happen, however much one may seek to prevent it. This is certain. The part of wisdom therefore is to stay quiet.
self aging immortal
Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.