Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

About Ramana Maharshi:

Ramana Maharshi was an Indian sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, South India, and given the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in 1907, by one of his first devotees, Ganapati Muni. This would be the name by which he became more widely known.
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The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Ramana Maharshi

One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

Ramana Maharshi

Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.

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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

Ramana Maharshi

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, y...

Ramana Maharshi

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.

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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.

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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.

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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 courts them.

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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

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Author Bio

  • NameRamana Maharshi
  • DescriptionIndian religious leader
  • BornDecember 30, 1879
  • DiedApril 14, 1950
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionPhilosopher