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
self silence bliss
Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
attitude practice strange
One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!' This should be one's practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
desire contentment mindfulness
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
feelings mind spirit
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
perseverance effort succeed
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
self names worship
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one's true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with "It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
being-yourself real remembrance
Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.
mind firsts
Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.
world
As you are, so is the world.
mind natural states
Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
here-and-now speculation within-you
Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
mean giving meditation
It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself by imagining such a source to be some God outside you. One's source is within oneself. Give yourself up to it. That means that you should seek the source and merge in it.
real sleep dreamless-sleep
That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real
self hands annihilation
The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand.