There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry on with your duties. If you meditate in the right manner then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in the midst of your work.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWe are in our Self. We are not in the world.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHIMisery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPeace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
RAMANA MAHARSHISurrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one’s being.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.
RAMANA MAHARSHIAll that is required to realise the Self is to “Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHIApart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHI