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
knows seeing
All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
knowledge knows
You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.
consciousness deny knows
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
self self-realization knows
To know one's Self is to be blissful always.
higher-power higher knows
The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it.
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.
evil ego subjects
There must be a subject to know the good and evil. Thatsubject is the ego.
firsts problem existence
Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.