Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) was and Indian Hindu saint. He left his house at the age of seventeen and moved to Arunachala mountain in Tiruvannamalai and lived there. He is known for a special technique of teaching to attain self-knowledge.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Now they say that the world is unreal. Of what degree of unreality is it? Is it like that of a son of a barren mother or a flower in the sky - mere words without any reference to facts? Whereas the world is a fact, and not a mere word. The answer is that it is a superimposition on the one Reality, like the appearance of a snake on a coiled rope seen in the dim light.
• Willpower should be understood to be the strength of mind which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. ... Success develops arrogance, and the man's spiritual progress is thus arrested. Failure, on the other hand, is beneficial, inasmuch as it opens the eyes of the man to his limitations and prepares him to surrender himself. Self-surrender is synonymous with eternal happiness. Therefore, one should try to gain the equipoise of mind under all circumstances: that is willpower.

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