I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHII Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you hold this feeling of ‘I’ long enough and strongly enough, the false ‘I’ will vanish leaving only the unbroken awareness of the real, immanent ‘I’, consciousness itself.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
RAMANA MAHARSHIA higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAn unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
RAMANA MAHARSHISee who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHave faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.
RAMANA MAHARSHISilence is also conversation.
RAMANA MAHARSHI