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
ego ifs
If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
inspiration practice knowing
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
past
There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
struggle fighting self
If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely.
real book self
It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before. The illustration given in books is this. We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now. Similarly we have simply to throw out all the age-long samskaras [innate tendencies] which are inside us. When all of them have been given up, the Self will shine alone.
yoga realization delusion
Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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.
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.
finding-yourself way mazes
If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.
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.
doubt surrender absence
Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.
inspiration practice meditation
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.
insight liberation liberated
Liberation exists- and you will never be liberated.
heart self names
Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same.