Category: Ramana Maharshi Quotes

Ramana Maharshi Quote 79 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 80 D.: What if one meditates incessantly without Karma (good actions)? M.: Try and see. The Vasanas (mental tendencies) will not let you do it. Dhyana (Meditation) comes only step by step with the gradual weakening of the Vasanas by the Grace of the Master.  

Ramana Maharshi Quote 78 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 80 D.: How does Karma help Dhyana (Meditation)? Will it not add to the already heavy load to be removed? M.: Karma done unselfishly purifies the mind and helps to fix it in meditation.  

Ramana Maharshi Quote 77 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 80 Everyone is aware of the eternal Self. He sees so many dying but still believes himself eternal. Because it is the Truth. Unwittingly the natural Truth asserts itself. The man is deluded by the intermingling of the conscious Self with the insentient body. This delusion […]

Ramana Maharshi Quote 76 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 78 D.: Our work-a-day life is not compatible with self-enquiry efforts. M.: Why do you think that you are active? Take the example of your arrival here. Is it not a fact that you remained as you were and there were movements of conveyances all along […]

Ramana Maharshi Quote 75 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 68 Think that you are always in my presence. That will make you feel right.

Ramana Maharshi Quote 74 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 68 Lady: How to reconcile work with meditation? M.: Who is the worker? Let him who works ask the question. You are always the Self. You are not the mind. It is the mind which raises these questions. Work proceeds, always in the presence of the […]

Ramana Maharshi Quote 73 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 68 Lady: How to practice meditation? M.: Keep off thoughts.

Ramana Maharshi Quote 72 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 67 Enquiry of “Who am I?” means finding the source of ‘I’. When that is found, that which you seek is accomplished.

Ramana Maharshi Quote 71 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 64 One’s existence is evident with or without the body, as in waking, dream and sleep. Then why should one desire continuance of the bodily shackles? Let the man find out his undying Self and be immortal and happy.

Ramana Maharshi Quote 70 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 63 In sleep there was no world, no ego (no limited self), and no trouble. Something wakes up from that happy state and says ‘I’. To that ego the world appears. Being a speck in the world a man wants more and gets into trouble. How […]

Ramana Maharshi Quote 69 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 63 The Figure in a temple tower, is made to appear to bear the burden of the tower on its shoulders. Its posture and look, are a picture of great strain while bearing the very heavy burden of the tower. But think. The tower is built […]

Ramana Maharshi Quote 68 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 63 The present difficulty is that the man thinks that he is the doer. But it is a mistake. It is the Higher Power which does everything and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position he is free from troubles; otherwise he […]