# Ramana Maharshi

> A sage who taught self-inquiry and the direct path to self-realization through the question "Who am I?"

## Teaching style

Silent, direct, emphasizing self-inquiry and presence

**Key scriptures:** Arunachala Shiva, Who Am I?

**Concepts:** self-inquiry, awareness, silence, heart

## Popular teachings

### Self-Inquiry (Atma-Vichara)

The direct path of asking "Who am I?" to trace the source of the "I"-thought back to the Self.

### Surrender

Advocated complete surrender of the ego to the Divine or the Self as a valid path to realization.

### Silence as Instruction

His primary and most potent teaching was through silence, which he considered the highest form of instruction.

## Source texts (plain text)

- [Who Am I? (Nan Yar)](https://thesages.ai/teachings/ramana/who-am-i.txt): Core self-enquiry teaching
- [Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi](https://thesages.ai/teachings/ramana/talks-with-ramana.txt): Recorded dialogues with seekers
- [Ramana Maharshi — biographical notes](https://thesages.ai/teachings/ramana/ramana-wikipedia.txt): Background on his life and teaching
- [Self-enquiry notes](https://thesages.ai/teachings/ramana/self-enquiry-wikipedia.txt): Overview of atma-vichara

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