Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi Quotes

“A certain man from Madurai asked: How to know the Power of God?          M.: You say ‘I AM’. That is it. What else can say I AM?          One’s own being is His Power. The trouble arises only when one says, “I am this or that, such and such.” Do not do it - Be yourself. That is all.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The weaker the body the stronger the mind grows.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The conclusion is that happiness is inherent in man and is not due to external causes.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Without first knowing the Self, to seek knowledge of God, etc., is ignorance.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“You see the objects on forgetting your own Self. If you keep hold of your Self, you will not see the objective world.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“They say that there are many saints in Tibet who remain in solitude and are still very helpful to the world... "It can be so. Realisation of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forest only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations.”
― Munagala Venkataramiah, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“the mind has been trained to think certain foods tasty and good.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The quality of food influences the mind. The mind feeds on the food consumed.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The power which created you has created the world. If it can take care of you, it can similarly take care of the world also.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“That which is not natural, but acquired, cannot be permanent, and is not worth striving for.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The occult powers (siddhis) are therefore only in the mind. They are not natural”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Where are they except in your mind?”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“There are no others to mix with. The Self is the one and only Reality.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The Self alone is the Reality; the world and the rest of it are not.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Work performed with attachment is a shackle, whereas work performed with detachment does not affect the doer.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“One might be in the thick of the world and maintain serenity of mind; such a one is in solitude.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Yes. What is in the world is in the body; and what is in the body is in the world also.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“they are in the realm of the mind only.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The ego therefore is the same in wakefulness, dream and sleep.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“the name and form are perceived. These are the perceptions consequent on the identification of the ego with the gross body.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“You speak of one life taken away; But what about innumerable lives lost in wars?”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“something to be acquired, it would not be worthy of pursuit.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Find out ‘Who am I?”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Even when he acts he has no sense of being an agent. His actions are only involuntary”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Find out what is immediate, intimate, instead of trying to find out what is distant and unknown.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Generally people want to know about illusion and do not examine to whom it is.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“To whom is the illusion? Find it out.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

“The mind is the tiger or the deer.”
― Arunachala Sadhu, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi