Ramana Maharshi Quotes

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

The final goal of all human endeavor is the development of the human soul.

Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.

Yoga is the journey from just eating and sleeping to becoming an ecstatic being. This is the aspiration of life itself.

Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.

I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that it’s not where they’re gonna find their sense of completion. Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.

The more you go within, the more you understand your true nature, and the more joy and happiness you feel in your life.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

I have achieved an inner freedom.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

I believe spiritualism is above everything, and I would choose it over name, fame, and money because spiritualism gives you power, and I love power.

Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.

When every moment, you experience yourself as the source of creation, not as a piece of creation, then you are realized.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.