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 practice meditation
See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.
inspiration practice roots
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its own nature, it transpires that there is no such thing as mind. This is the direct path for all. The mind is merely thoughts. Of all thoughts the thought "I" is the root.
inspiration practice meditation
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, "To whom did this thought arise?"
inspiration practice knowing
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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.
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.
real inspiration thinking
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still the mind and cause it to become aware of its true relationship to the Self which supports it. Do not imagine that it is you who are doing the work. Think that is the underlying current which is doing it. Identify yourself with the current.
abide disappear fight namely original primal reaches self struggle succeeds thoughts-and-thinking wants
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.
Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.
actions god ordinance result yield
Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
best meditate
The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.
perishable
I am not the perishable body, but the eternal Self.
accepts courts higher man power
It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.
greatest render service
Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.