Sublime

What appears in any state of more equanimity is an object that seems in itself an easier perception to be less reactive to.

Sri Ramana's God is not a personal God, he is the formless being which sustains the universe. He is not the creator of the universe, the universe is merely a manifestation of his inherent power; he is inseparable from it, but he is not affected by its appearance or its disappearance.

This koan resists the totalitarian impulse in spiritual paths.

Attention to the ways of the self, understanding that fear, desire, and anger are natural but that you don’t have to act them out or have everything you want—this insight dissolves mental anguish without adding to it.

As long as we think we are the ego, We feel attached and fall into sorrow. But realize that you are the Self, the Lord Of life, and you will be freed from sorrow.

Here’s all you need to know to become enlightened: Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what’s true until you know.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

the awareness that there is nothing you can do is the most important realization you can have.