Ramana Maharshi Born : December 30, 1879 Died : April 14, 1950 Browse All Authors Top 305 quotes by Ramana Maharshi Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. Ramana Maharshi contentment mindfulness desire Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent. Ramana Maharshi silent may trying Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world. Ramana Maharshi light giving mean The 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 really-mean answers Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains. Ramana Maharshi feelings-come-and-go comes-and-goes feelings Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self. Ramana Maharshi bliss silence self Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself. Ramana Maharshi care trouble should No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Ramana Maharshi perseverance succeed effort There is neither past nor future. There is only the present. Yesterday was the present to you when you experienced it, and tomorrow will be also the present when you experience it. Therefore, experience takes place only in the present, and beyond experience nothing exists. Ramana Maharshi tomorrow yesterday past ...the Lord of the Universe carries the entire burden of this world. You imagine you do. You can hand all your burdens over to His care. Whatever you have to do, you will be made an instrument for doing it at the right time. Do not think you cannot do it unless you have the desire to do it. Desire does not give you the strength for doing. The entire strength is the Lord's. Ramana Maharshi giving hands thinking Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind. Ramana Maharshi spirit mind feelings One 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 Maharshi strange practice attitude Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere. Ramana Maharshi humankind ifs Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the universe who is ever victorious and accomplishes everything. Remain all the time steadfast in the heart, in the Transcendental Absolute. God knows the past, present and future. He will determine the future for you and accomplish the work. What is to be done will be done at the proper time. Don't worry. Abide in the heart and surrender your acts to the Divine. Ramana Maharshi feet heart past It is false to speak of realization. What is there to realize? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before. The illustration given in books is this. We 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. Similarly we have simply to throw out all the age-long sanskaras [innate tendencies] which are inside us. When all of them have been given up, the Self will shine alone. Ramana Maharshi creating real book The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state. Ramana Maharshi truth-is simple natural The solution to your problem is to see who has it. Ramana Maharshi words-of-wisdom solutions problem Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being. All efforts are to be directed simply to removing the veil of ignorance. Concentrating the mind solely on the Self will lead to happiness or bliss. Drawing in the thoughts, restraining them and preventing them from straying outwards is called detachment (vairagya). Fixing them in the Self is spiritual practice (sadhana). Concentrating on the heart is the same as concentrating on the Self. Heart is another name for Self. Ramana Maharshi ignorance spiritual heart A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it. Ramana Maharshi higher-power higher knows Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Ramana Maharshi self inspiring life
