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
higher-power higher knows
The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it.
thinking stranger strive
You are the Supreme Being, and yet thinking yourself to be separate from it, you strive to become united with it. What is stranger than this?
yoga meditation mind
Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
mind bliss creation
Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
reality imagination doe
Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
silence speech endless
True Silence is really endless speech.
meditation vision inward
Turn your vision inward and the whole world will be full of supreme spirit.
self stills realising
All that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
real self worry
How to get rid of the mind? Is it the mind that wants to kill itself? The mind cannot kill itself. So your business is to find the real nature of the mind. Then you will know that there is no mind. When the Self is sought, the mind is nowhere. Abiding in the Self, one need not worry about the mind.
mind firsts
Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.
motivational real self
The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names. Gold made into various ornaments, we call by various names. But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold. The one is real, the many are mere names and forms.
perseverance effort succeed
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
spiritual heart ignorance
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being. All efforts are to be directed simply to removing the veil of ignorance. Concentrating the mind solely on the Self will lead to happiness or bliss. Drawing in the thoughts, restraining them and preventing them from straying outwards is called detachment (vairagya). Fixing them in the Self is spiritual practice (sadhana). Concentrating on the heart is the same as concentrating on the Self. Heart is another name for Self.
feelings comes-and-goes remains
Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.