For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination. Ramana Maharshi bondagecauseimagination Change image and share on social
If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts. Ramana Maharshi deepeffortfind share on social
Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains. Ramana Maharshi remain Change image and share on social
Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he performs, so also one and the same mind is called by the different names: mind, intellect, memory, and egoity, on account of the difference in the modes - and not because of any real difference. Ramana Maharshi accountcalldifference share on social
I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form. Ramana Maharshi calldependform Change image and share on social
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist. Ramana Maharshi aimcommonconcentration share on social
Doubts never end. If one doubt is removed, another takes its place. It is like removing the leaves of a tree one by one. Even if all the leaves are clipped off, new ones grow. The tree itself must be uprooted. Ramana Maharshi clipdoubtend share on social
Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movement, and that is eternal. Ramana Maharshi absolutecreationdestruction Change image and share on social
Suffering turns men towards their creator. Ramana Maharshi creatormansuffer Change image and share on social
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second. Ramana Maharshi ariseegoexist share on social