What is reality? Reality must always be real. It is not in forms and names. What underlies the forms and names is reality. It is based on the limitations, but is itself limitless. It is not bound. Always

Q. What is the best way to get rid of thoughts? A. Is it the mind that tries to kill itself? How can the thief catch himself? It can’t be. So the best way is to try to realize your real nature, what you

When women carrying jars of water on their heads, stop to talk, they are very careful, keeping their mind on the water jars. Similarly, when a sage engages in activity, his mind remains fixed in the Self

Note: It is not my own written content. But posted selected quotes of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi from the source. Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside

Ramana Maharshi was a Hindu sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is most commonly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was born in what is now Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India.

It is continuation of my previous post: What is release? Inquiring into the nature of one’s self that is in bondage, and realising one’s true nature is release. SRI RAMANARPANAM ASTU Ref: Who Am I? (Nan

It is continuation of my previous post: What is happiness? Happiness is the very nature of the Self; happiness and the Self are not different. There is no happiness in any object of the world. We imagine

It is continuation of my previous post: What is non-attachment? As thoughts arise, destroying them utterly without any residue in the very place of their origin is non-attachment. Just as the pearl-diver

This is continuation of my previous post: Is it possible for the residual impressions of objects that come from beginningless time, as it were, to be resolved, and for one to remain as the pure Self? Without

This is continuation of my previous post: Are there no other means for making the mind quiescent? Other than inquiry, there are no adequate means. If through other means it is sought to control the mind,

This is continuation of my previous post: When will the world which is the object seen be removed? When the mind, which is the cause of all cognition’s and of all actions, becomes quiescent, the world

This is continuation of my previous post: As all living beings desire to be happy always, without misery, as in the case of everyone there is observed supreme love for one’s self, and as happiness alone

Who Am I? The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Introduction “Who am I?” is the title given to a set of questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry. The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana

Self inquiry was the tool that unraveled the onion IME. . .

Thoughts about past and future consumed rawdawg. Self referential internal narrative about past failures, an uncertain future, and an overall feeling of lack, sadness/regret. These thoughts were all about