Ramana Maharshi Quotes

There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.

9. Even when the sensory objects to be known are in the proximity, when the difference is not taken in, the mind does not cause a break in Yoga.

The Self is only one. Do you feel hurt if you blame yourself or scorn yourself for your errors? If you hold the Self there is no second person to scorn you. When you see the world you have lost hold of the Self. On the contrary, hold the Self and the world will not appear.

2. That, from where all the activities of the embodied beings emerge, is mentioned as the heart. The description of its form is conceptual.

17. The Jnanin present in the heart sees the mind merged in the light of the heart, like moonlight in the presence of the sun during the day.

19. This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.

21. During that time, the embodied person does not know the attainment in the heart. It is known in the Samadhi. The difference in name is due to the difference in cause.

38. The sense of doership reaps the fruits of action (karma): karma ends when the doer realizes his true nature.

I want you to dive consciously into the Self, i.e., into the Heart.

Surrender can never be regarded as complete so long as the devotee wants this or that from the Lord. True surrender is the love of God for the sake of love and nothing else, not even for the sake of salvation. In other words, complete effacement of the ego is necessary to conquer destiny, whether you achieve this effacement through Self-enquiry or through bhakti marga.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

12. The world is none other than the mind. The mind is none other than the heart. Therefore the entire story finishes in the heart.

39. Bondage and Liberation are mere notions in the mind: they cease when he who is bound is inquired into and realized.

Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.

Knowledge itself is 'I'. The nature of (this) knowledge is existence-consciousness-bliss.