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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
simple self effort
There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.
thieves investigation made
If you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
sleep hands ego
...Bliss is not something to be got. On the other hand you are always Bliss. This desire [for Bliss] is born of the sense of incompleteness. To whom is this sense of incompleteness? Enquire. In deep sleep you were blissful. Now you are not so. What has interposed between that Bliss and this non-bliss? It is the ego. Seek its source and find you are Bliss.
self ego firsts
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
self realization quiet
The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any paradox in it. Consider the case of the worshipper. He approaches God and prays to be absorbed in Him. He then surrenders himself in faith and by concentration. And what remains afterwards? In the place of the original 'I', self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. That is the highest form of devotion or surrender and the peak of detachment.
belief nothing-to-lose lost
Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
words-of-wisdom problem solutions
The solution to your problem is to see who has it.