Let what comes come, let what goes go.
RAMANA MAHARSHILet what comes come, let what goes go.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.
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 MAHARSHILove is verily the heart of all religions.
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 MAHARSHIWhenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
RAMANA MAHARSHIMeditation applies the brakes to the mind.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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 MAHARSHIThere is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.
RAMANA MAHARSHIApart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?
RAMANA MAHARSHIYour duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.
RAMANA MAHARSHIWhat message is needed when heart speaks to heart?
RAMANA MAHARSHIBecause 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