Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Sri Bhagavan came into this world as God's messenger to guide and awaken the

mankind to the ultimate goal of life. He lived in full awareness of his

pristine, immortal Self.

 

Important Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi:

 

If we progress, the world progresses. As you are, so is the world. Without

understanding the Self what is the use of understanding the world? Without

Self-knowledge, knowledge of the world is of no use. Dive inward and find the

treasure hidden there. Open your heart and see the world through the eyes of the

true Self. Tear aside the veils and see the divine majesty of your own Self.

 

 

Don't entertain thoughts of imperfection, the lack of desirable qualities, etc.

You are already perfect. Get rid of the idea of imperfection or the need for

development. There is nothing to realize or annihilate. You are the Self. The

ego does not exist. Pursue the Enquiry and see if there is anything to be

realized or annihilated. See if there is any mind to be controlled. The effort

is being made by the mind which, in reality, does not exist.

 

 

Destroy the power of mind by seeking it. When the mind is examined its

activities cease automatically. Look for the source of mind. That source may be

said to be God or Self or Consciousness. Concentrating on one thought, all other

thoughts disappear; finally that thought also disappears.

 

 

If one watches whence this notion of 'I' springs, the mind will be absorbed into

that. That is tapas. If a mantra is repeated, and attention directed to the

source whence the mantra-sound is produced, the mind will be absorbed in that.

That is tapas.

 

 

Between two thoughts there is an interval of no thought. That interval is the

Self, the Atman. It is pure Awareness.

 

 

Peace can reign only when there is no disturbance by thought. When the mind has

been annihilated there will be perfect peace.

 

 

If a man considers he is born he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find

out if he has been born or if the Self has any birth. He will discover that the

Self always exists, that the body which is born resolves itself into thought and

that the emergence of thought is the root of all mischief. Find from where

thoughts emerge. Then you will abide in the ever-present innermost Self and be

free from the idea of birth or the fear of death.

 

 

 

Our real nature is mukti (the liberated state). But we are imagining that we are

bound and are making various strenuous attempts to become free, while we are all

the time free.

 

 

Our wanting mukti is a very funny thing. It is like a man who is in the shade

voluntarily leaving the shade, going into the sun, feeling the severity of the

heat there, making great efforts to get back into the shade and then rejoicing

'How sweet is the shade. I have after all reached the shade!'

 

(compiled together from various sources)