Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

“We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”

“Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?”

“All living beings desire to be happy always, without any misery.”

“We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from objects.”

“When the world disappears, i.e., when there is no thought, the mind experience happiness; and when the world appears, it goes through misery.”

“one-pointed and strong; for such a mind Self-inquiry will become easy. Of all the restrictive rules, that relating to the taking of sattvic food in moderate quantities is the best; by observing this rule, the sattvic quality of mind will increase, and that will be helpful to Self-inquiry.”

“The mind always exists only in dependence on something gross; it cannot stay alone. It is the mind that is called the subtle body or the soul (jiva).”

“Inquiring into the nature of one’s self that is in bondage, and realising one’s true nature is liberation.”

“After negating all of the above mentioned as ‘not this’, ‘not this’, that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.”