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
inspiration thinking practice
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.
letting-go meditation-practice self-realization
Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.
belief nothing-to-lose lost
Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.
manifestation supreme supreme-being
All that exists is but the manifestation of the Supreme Being,
self self-realization knows
To know one's Self is to be blissful always.
self shining conviction
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
spiritual yoga people
A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
yoga mind stills
When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.
reality facts realization
There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
men light self
Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
real fall sleep
If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
god self guru
Guru, God and Self are One
yoga roots mind
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of bliss.
self mind normal
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the "I."