Ramana Maharshi Quotes About Meditation

Quotes about: Meditation

• Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Meditation, Vision, Inward

  "Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi".

• It is enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is giving oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself by imagining this source to be some God outside you. One's source is within oneself. Give yourself up to it. That means that you should seek the source and merge in it.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Mean, Giving, Meditation

  "The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words". Book edited by Arthur Osborne, 1962.

• Your duty is to Be, and not to be this or that.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Letting Go, Meditation Practice, Self Realization

  Ramana Maharshi (2004). “The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi”, p.86, Shambhala Publications

• From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind unceasingly investigates its own nature, it transpires that there is no such thing as mind. This is the direct path for all. The mind is merely thoughts. Of all thoughts the thought "I" is the root.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Practice, Roots

  Ramana (Maharshi) (1959). “Collected Works”

• God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized,
  it is already your true and natural state.
  Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward,
  and sacrifice your ego mind to the One Self radiating in the Heart of your very being.
  For this to be your own presently lived experience,
  Self-Inquiry Meditation is a direct and immediate way.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Heart, Sacrifice, Self

• You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Book, Reading, Self

• Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Meditation, Mind

• Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Meditation, Mind

  Ramana (Maharshi.), Paul Brunton, Mungala Venkataramiah (1984). “Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Ramana Maharshi”

• Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first enquire, "To whom did this thought arise?"

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Practice, Meditation

• Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Meditation, Mind

• The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom you await, he is bound to disappear also. What is the use of a transient being like that? But so long as you think you are separate or that you are the body, an external master is also necessary and he will appear to have a body. When the wrong identification of oneself with the body ceases, the master will be found to be none other than the Self.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Thinking, Self, Ideas

• See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Practice, Meditation

  "The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi".

• Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still the mind and cause it to become aware of its true relationship to the Self which supports it. Do not imagine that it is you who are doing the work. Think that is the underlying current which is doing it. Identify yourself with the current.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Real, Inspiration, Thinking

• Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Meditation Practice, Self Realization, Method

  Ramana Maharshi (2004). “The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi”, p.86, Shambhala Publications

• When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Meditation, Distraction

• Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Mind

• Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Self, Meditation, Mind

  Sri Ramana Maharshi (2016). “Words of Grace”, p.31, Sai ePublications

• Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are directed to lifting this screen and then realisation is revealed.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Practice, Meditation

• The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Thinking, Practice

  Sri Ramana Maharshi (1991). “Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi”, p.137, Penguin UK

• The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Inspiration, Practice, Knowing

• There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Meditation, Obstacles, Impediments

  "Abide as the Self: The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi". Documentary, Janaury 1, 1998.

• See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Meditation, Helping, Method

  A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Maharshi Ramana (1968). “Day by Day with Bhagavan: From a Diary of A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Covering March 16, 1945 to January 4, 1947”

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