Question: “Can anyone get any benefit by repeating sacred syllables (mantras) picked up casually? Sri Ramana Maharishi: “No. He must be...

A youthful monk, journeying home, reached the bank of a vast river. There were no visible means of crossing it. Standing there, he...

Four pupils used to practice meditation, the time before Zen came to Japan. These pupils, close friends vowed to each other to observe...

It is a quiet and silent sitting. In Sanskrit, Nidhidhyāsana means Self-enquiry. The one and only immediate and direct way to realize...

Devotee: How is one to enquire: “Who am I?” Sri Ramana: Actions such as ‘going’ and ‘coming’ belong only to the body. And so, when one...

Devotee: Is not brahmacharya (celibacy) necessary for realisation of the Self? Sri Ramana: Brahmacharya is ‘living in Brahman’. It has no...

Devotee: Does Maharshi enter the nirvikalpa samadhi? Sri Ramana: If the eyes are closed, it is nirvikalpa; if open, it is (though...