Ramana Maharshi Quote 67 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 63 A high officer asked: If juniors are promoted over oneself the mind is perturbed. Will the enquiry, ‘Who am I?’ help the man to soothe the mind under such circumstances? M.: Yes. Quite so. The enquiry ‘Who am I?’ turns the mind inward and makes […]
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Ramana Maharshi Quotes
The more we contemplate on the wise teachings and guidance of Great Enlightened Sages, the more peace of mind we will get. “Satsang” really means to “keep in touch with Reality, the Real Blissful Self”. It takes time for good things to register in our minds and get rid of bad thinking habits. When we ponder upon these truths often, things get clearer and clearer gradually, and the mind becomes happy. The Quotes here are gems that contain profound truths in a few words.
Ramana Maharshi Quote 66
Ramana Maharshi Quote 66 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 319 Do actions without caring for the result. Do not think that you are the doer. Dedicate the work to God. That is the skill and also the way to gain it.
Ramana Maharshi Quote 65
Ramana Maharshi Quote 65 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 58 Be fixed in the Self and act according to nature without the thought of doership. Then the results of action will not affect you. That is courage and heroism.
Ramana Maharshi Quote 64
Ramana Maharshi Quote 64 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 45 D.: A stay of one day with Sri Bhagavan is good; a stay of two days is better; of three days, more so, and so on. If it is a continuous stay here, how shall we get on with our mundane work? M.: Stay here […]
Ramana Maharshi Quote 63
Ramana Maharshi Quote 63 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 43 If the enquiry is made whether mind exists, it will be found that mind does not exist. That is control of mind. Otherwise, if the mind is taken to exist and one seeks to control it, it amounts to mind controlling the mind, just like […]
Ramana Maharshi Quote 62
Ramana Maharshi Quote 62 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 43 D.: We are worldly. There is the wife, there are the children, friends and relatives. We cannot ignore their existence and resign ourselves to Divine Will, without retaining some little of the personality in us. M.: That means you have not surrendered as professed by […]
Ramana Maharshi Quote 61
Ramana Maharshi Quote 61 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 43 D.: Men of the world that we are, we have some kind of grief or another and do not know how to get over it. We pray to God and still are not satisfied. What can we do? M.: Trust God. D.: We surrender; but […]
Quote 60
Quote 60 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 43 Ask the most successful man of the world if he knows his Self. He will say “No”. What can anyone know without knowing the Self?
Quote 59
Quote 59 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 222 Search for the source of the ‘I-thought’. That is all that one has to do. The universe exists on account of the ‘I-thought’. If that ends there is an end of misery also. The false ‘I’ will end only when its source is sought.
Quote 58
Quote 58 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 118 What is Nishkama Karma (selfless-work) ? Mr. Rangachari, a Telugu Pandit in Voorhees’ College at Vellore, asked about nishkama karma. There was no reply. After a time Sri Bhagavan went up the hill and a few followed him, including the pandit. There was a thorny stick lying […]
Quote 57
Quote 57 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 453 M.: What is right and wrong? There is no standard by which to judge something to be right and another to be wrong. Opinions differ according to the nature of the individual and according to the surroundings. They are again ideas and nothing more. Do not worry […]
Quote 56
Quote 56 Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 619 The primal bliss is obscured by the non-self which is synonymous with non-bliss or misery. Duhkha nasam = sukha prapti. (Loss of unhappiness amounts to gain of happiness.) Happiness mixed with misery is only misery. When misery is eliminated then the ever-present bliss is said to be […]