That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThat alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
RAMANA MAHARSHIActions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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 MAHARSHIMind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhen the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.
RAMANA MAHARSHILove is verily the heart of all religions.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPure Consciousness, which is the Heart, includes all, and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe world is not outside you.
RAMANA MAHARSHIGrace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
RAMANA MAHARSHIIf 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 MAHARSHICalmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
RAMANA MAHARSHIHe who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
RAMANA MAHARSHIBliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
RAMANA MAHARSHI