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Maharshi Ramana Quotes & Sayings

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Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. — Ramana Maharshi

The body is the temple; the jiva is God (Siva). If one worships him with the 'I am He' thought, one will gain release. — Ramana Maharshi

Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world? — Ramana Maharshi

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist. — Ramana Maharshi

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception. — Ramana Maharshi

Everything in the world was my Guru. — Ramana Maharshi

Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births. — Ramana Maharshi

Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation. — Ramana Maharshi

There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind. — Ramana Maharshi

Remove the Ego and Avidya (Ignorance) is gone. Look for it, the ego vanishes and the real Self alone remains. — Ramana Maharshi

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. — Ramana Maharshi

Let what comes come.
Let what goes go.
Find out what remains. — Ramana Maharshi

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you. — Ramana Maharshi

'I Am' is the name of God, God is none other than the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

It is beyond words or thoughts. — Ramana Maharshi

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind. — Ramana Maharshi

God has no resolve; no karma attaches itself to Him. — Ramana Maharshi

Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge. — Ramana Maharshi

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains. — Ramana Maharshi

An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart. — Ramana Maharshi

Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender. — Ramana Maharshi

Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief,"I am the do-er." — Ramana Maharshi

Silence is also conversation. — Ramana Maharshi

There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment. — Ramana Maharshi

Call it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same. — Ramana Maharshi

Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy. — Ramana Maharshi

The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realize the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

Knowing the Self, God is known. — Ramana Maharshi

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. — Ramana Maharshi

The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self. — Ramana Maharshi

You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others? — Ramana Maharshi

The entire Universe is condensed in the body, and the entire
body in the Heart. Thus the Heart is the nucleus of the whole Universe. — Ramana Maharshi

Guru, God and Self are One — Ramana Maharshi

Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now? — Ramana Maharshi

Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community. — Ramana Maharshi

Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you. — Ramana Maharshi

Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid. — Ramana Maharshi

Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious. — Ramana Maharshi

When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life. — Ramana Maharshi

Dive deep into the chambers of your heart. Find out the real, infinite 'I'. Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self. — Ramana Maharshi

There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion. — Ramana Maharshi

What message is needed when heart speaks to heart? — Ramana Maharshi

Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. — Ramana Maharshi

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." — Ramana Maharshi

God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God. — Ramana Maharshi

It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later. — Ramana Maharshi

Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills. — Ramana Maharshi

You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge. — Ramana Maharshi

As you are, so is the world. — Ramana Maharshi

Let what comes come, let what goes go. — Ramana Maharshi

The world is illusory, Only Brahman is real, Brahman is the world — Ramana Maharshi

Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are. — Ramana Maharshi

If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth. — Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin. — Coleman Barks

I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form. — Ramana Maharshi

Then all this earth shines like one house. — Ramana Maharshi

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened. — Ramana Maharshi

The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage. — Ramana Maharshi

Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you? — Ramana Maharshi

The Self does not move. The world moves in it. — Ramana Maharshi

I see only what you see, but I notice what I see. — Ramana Maharshi

The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm. — Ramana Maharshi

The peace of mind which permeates the saint's atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint. — Ramana Maharshi

Whatever draws the mind outward is unspiritual and whatever draws the mind inward is spiritual — Ramana Maharshi

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over. — Ramana Maharshi

Pure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth. — Ramana Maharshi

Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized. — Ramana Maharshi

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved. — Ramana Maharshi

The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend. — Ramana Maharshi

That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging. — Ramana Maharshi

We are in our Self. We are not in the world. — Ramana Maharshi

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen. — Ramana Maharshi

What introverted mind calls peace, outside as power is shown; Those who have reached and found this truth, their unity have known. — Ramana Maharshi

There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all. — Ramana Maharshi

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? — Ramana Maharshi

No one succeeds without effort ... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. — Ramana Maharshi

Suffering turns men towards their creator. — Ramana Maharshi

That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness - the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

3. It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart. — Ramana Maharshi

Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you. — Ramana Maharshi

There is neither creation nor destruction,
neither destiny nor free will, neither
path nor achievement.
This is the final truth. — Ramana Maharshi

If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful. — Ramana Maharshi

All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good, therefore all are like gurus to us. — Ramana Maharshi

I am not the perishable body, but the eternal Self. — Ramana Maharshi

Suffering is the way for Realization of God. — Ramana Maharshi

To perform one's duty is the greatest service to God. — Ramana Maharshi

One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness. — Ramana Maharshi

For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination. — Ramana Maharshi

The man who prays, the prayer, and the God to whom he prays all have reality only as manifestations of the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present. — Ramana Maharshi

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness — Ramana Maharshi

Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought. — Ramana Maharshi

When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness. — Ramana Maharshi

Of all yogins, only he who rests his unwavering mind and love in me is dear to me. — Ramana Maharshi

When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning. — Ramana Maharshi

See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi

The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into. — Ramana Maharshi

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else. — Ramana Maharshi

Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere. — Ramana Maharshi