Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIInstead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
RAMANA MAHARSHITrue silence is really endless speech.
RAMANA MAHARSHII see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
RAMANA MAHARSHITurn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf you make the thief the policeman there will be lots of investigation but no arrests will ever be made.
RAMANA MAHARSHINobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
RAMANA MAHARSHIOne should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, ‘Let whatever strange things that happens happen, let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.
RAMANA MAHARSHIYou have to ask yourself the question ‘Who am I?’ This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem and you will solve all other problems.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHappiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe that sees the Lord in the temple, the living body, by seeking Him within, can alone see Him, the Infinite, in the temple of the universe, having become the Endless Eye.
RAMANA MAHARSHI