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Osho on Raman Maharshi

57 discourses in which Osho speaks about Raman Maharshi, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Krishna Smriti #14 · 29 mentions · 2 October 1970
    “You reminded me of Ramana while thinking of Aurobindo.”
  2. Maha Geeta #46 · 22 mentions · 26 November 1976
    “He had gone to meet Ramana Maharshi.”
  3. Maha Geeta #47 · 19 mentions · 27 November 1976
    “When Ramana was dying, someone asked, “Now you are going?””
  4. The Search #4: Happiness Knows No Tomorrow · 17 mentions · 5 March 1976
    “And when I say the right path, I don't mean that Sri Ramana's path is not right, but it must not have been right for the questioner; otherwise there is no need.”
  5. Finger Pointing to the Moon #13: Sweet Fruits · 16 mentions · 19 October 1972
    “Ramana Maharshi died of cancer.”
  6. Mare He Jogi Maro #10 · 16 mentions · 10 December 1979
    “A pundit once came to Ramana and began to chew his ear—scriptural talk.”
  7. Tao Upanishad #114 · 14 mentions · 24 March 1975
    “And in this country at the same time there was another man sitting on the Arunachala hill—Ramana.”
  8. Tao Upanishad #85 · 11 mentions · 24 November 1973
    “Ramana Maharshi sat on Arunachala for years.”
  9. The Shadow of the Whip #21: Life is Through 'Yes' · 10 mentions · 30 November 1976
    “It happened that one very famous english novelist, Somerset Maugham, came to India and went to see Ramana Maharshi, a great sage.”
  10. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #6: The Cosmic Simultaneity of All · 9 mentions · 16 April 1978
    “Another man was alive in Sri Aurobindo's days, Ramana Maharshi.”
  11. The Last Testament, Vol 5 #28 · 9 mentions · 23 January 1986
    “He went to see the Taj Mahal, he went to see Khajuraho, he went to see the temples of Konarak, but he did not go to see Ramana Maharshi.”
  12. Maha Geeta #71 · 9 mentions · 21 January 1977
    “I told you earlier, Chadwick wrote that he had never seen Ramana angry.”
  13. Finger Pointing to the Moon #14: To Fly Is Your Birthright · 8 mentions · 20 October 1972
    “When Ramana Maharshi had cancer, the people in his ashram were unhappy because those who had gathered there had not known the sky-nature.”
  14. The Perfect Master, Vol 1 #1: When the Disciple is Ready · 8 mentions · 21 June 1978
    “Ramana Maharshi used to say to hug disciples: If you want to be with me you will have to unlearn.”
  15. Philosophia Ultima #5: That State is Awakening · 7 mentions · 15 December 1980
    “Jung had come to India while a great seer was alive, Sri Ramana Maharshi, and many people told him to go and see him -- but he didn't go there.”
  16. Sermons in Stones #1: I belong to my own category · 7 mentions · 5 November 1986
    “Raman Maharshi is a mystic of the highest quality, but a master of the lowest quality.”
  17. Take It Easy, Vol 1 #5: And we are in Love · 7 mentions · 15 April 1978
    “He says he went to see Ramana Maharshi.”
  18. Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet #20: The convalescent · 7 mentions · 17 April 1987
    “One of the greatest enlightened men was Raman Maharshi, in South India, on the mountain of Arunachal.”
  19. Adhyatam Upanishad #14 · 7 mentions · 20 October 1972
    “When cancer came to Ramana, the entire ashram was distressed—those gathered around had no sky-mood.”
  20. Tao Upanishad #71 · 7 mentions · 22 June 1973
    “Neither Ramana nor Ramakrishna were moving on the path of Tao.”
  21. Books I Have Loved #11 · 6 mentions
    “He should have gone to Maharshi Ramana, who was still alive, who was a christ, a buddha.”
  22. The Perfect Master, Vol 2 #10: Exactly in the Middle · 6 mentions · 10 July 1978
    “Not many years ago, just a few years ago, there was a great Master, Ramana Maharshi -- a Perfect Master, In his DARSHANS -- because he was a silent man, would speak rarely and very few words -- each morning when he would sit for the darshan for one hour and pe…”
  23. Es Dhammo Sanantano #97 · 6 mentions · 6 June 1977
    “Such an event occurred in the life of Ramana Maharshi—and that very event became the revolution; within it the sage was born.”
  24. Geeta Darshan Vol. 10 #10 · 6 mentions
    “At Ramana Maharshi’s ashram, whenever Ramana spoke—whenever he spoke—a cow would come regularly to listen.”
  25. Jyoti Se Jyoti Jale #1 · 6 mentions · 11 July 1978
    “Thus it was that Ramana attained Samadhi.”
  26. The Perfect Master, Vol 1 #3: A Rolling Stone · 5 mentions · 23 June 1978
    “This is the way Ramana Maharshi experienced the sudden opening into ultimate consciousness, in which his individual identity was almost entirely lost.”
  27. The Perfect Master, Vol 2 #1: Once Upon a Time · 5 mentions · 1 July 1978
    “Ramana Maharshi says: self-knowledge is an easy thing the easiest thing there is.”
  28. The Sword and the Lotus #4: The only secret there is · 5 mentions · 22 January 1986
    “The man who used to play the part of Ramana, the enemy of Rama who steals Rama's wife, was a great wrestler.”
  29. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #15 · 5 mentions · 25 September 1969
    “Here, in the past two–three centuries, the most influential figures have been Ramana and Krishnamurti.”
  30. Tao Upanishad #103 · 5 mentions · 4 February 1975
    “What was Ramana Maharshi doing on Arunachala?”
  31. From Bondage to Freedom #38: Enough just to be with me · 4 mentions · 22 October 1985
    “And he was told by every person he came across, "Rather than wasting time in visiting these places, you should not miss meeting a man, Raman Maharshi, who lives in South India on the hill Arunachal -- it is not far away -- because he can give you a glimpse.”
  32. Just Like That #1: The unteachable teaching · 4 mentions · 1 May 1975
    “A man came to Ramana Maharshi and said, "I have come from very far, somewhere in Germany, and I have come to learn from you."”
  33. Zarathustra: The Laughing Prophet #1: Of the famous philosophers · 4 mentions · 8 April 1987
    “Once a German philosopher asked Raman Maharshi, "Do you believe in God?"”
  34. Ajhun Chet Ganwar #6 · 4 mentions · 26 July 1977
    “That is why Ramana Maharshi used to tell his seekers: one question is enough—ask, “Who am I?”
  35. Geeta Darshan Vol. 14 #4 · 4 mentions
    “Ramana, as far as we know, did not serve anyone.”
  36. Kahe Hot Adheer #17 · 4 mentions · 28 September 1979
    “Wherever he went people told him, Do one thing before you leave: in South India at Arunachala, Maharshi Ramana is there—do not leave without seeing him.”
  37. Maha Geeta #72 · 4 mentions · 22 January 1977
    “Ramana chose to say them in the old way.”
  38. Beyond Psychology #31: The courage to be ignorant · 3 mentions · 27 April 1986
    “In Shri Raman Maharshi's ashram...”
  39. The First Principle #5: Chapter title:Beyond the Prism of the Mind · 3 mentions · 15 April 1977
    “It happened a scholar came to Raman Maharshi, and he was arguing and arguing and arguing; and nobody had seen Raman Maharshi ever being angry.”
  40. The Last Testament, Vol 6 #11 · 3 mentions · 11 August 1986
    “It was suggested by many people that if you want to understand Eastern psychology then you are going to the wrong people; if you want to understand Eastern psychology then there is a man in the South, Raman Maharshi.”
  41. The Shadow of the Whip #22: All I Represent is Love · 3 mentions · 1 December 1976
    “One of the greatest seers of India, Ramana Maharshi, never used to be very kind to mad people.”
  42. The Sun Rises in the Evening #3: Cutting off the Root · 3 mentions · 13 June 1978
    “Raman Maharshi used to give only one meditation to everyone, whosoever would come to him: just to go on and on pondering, observing, watching, witnessing one thing -- to let this question become so utterly your existence that it persists even when you are asle…”
  43. Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi #5: In Deep Patience · 3 mentions · 13 January 1974
    “And to surrender to a Gurdjieff will transform you more than surrendering to Ramana Maharshi, because Ramana Maharshi is so saintly, so simple, that surrender doesn't mean anything.”
  44. Adhyatam Upanishad #13 · 3 mentions · 19 October 1972
    “Someone who loves Ramana may wish, “Let me take your cancer upon myself.””
  45. Ajhun Chet Ganwar #4 · 3 mentions · 24 July 1977
    “When Ramana was alive—who went?”
  46. Ajhun Chet Ganwar #11 · 3 mentions · 31 July 1977
    “Look at good men—no difference between Buddha and Ramakrishna, Mahavira and Ramana.”
  47. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #30 · 3 mentions · 20 March 1978
    “Maharshi Ramana gave the right answer.”
  48. Bahuri Na Aiso Daon #6 · 3 mentions · 6 August 1980
    ““In your lifetime there was Ramana Maharshi.”
  49. Deepak Bara Naam Ka #8 · 3 mentions · 8 October 1980
    “This is what Ramana Maharshi said as he “died.””
  50. Es Dhammo Sanantano #47 · 3 mentions · 29 March 1976
    “Many have asked: Ramakrishna died of cancer, Ramana too died of cancer, Mahavira of a deep abdominal illness, the Buddha from toxemia of the body.”
  51. Geeta Darshan Vol. 11 #10 · 3 mentions
    “This happened to Ramana: he felt that death was coming.”
  52. Kahe Kabir Main Pura Paya #3 · 3 mentions · 14 September 1979
    “Ramana Maharshi had cancer.”
  53. Maha Geeta #5 · 3 mentions · 15 September 1976
    “Ramana also dies, but there is no agony of death.”
  54. Maha Geeta #49 · 3 mentions · 29 November 1976
    “When Paul Brunton went to Ramana Maharshi he carried many questions.”
  55. Naye Samaj Ki Khoj #16 · 3 mentions
    “Religious in the sense of someone like Ramana; religious in the sense of someone like Krishnamurti.”
  56. Prem Nadi Ke Teera #14 · 3 mentions
    “A German, Osborne, once came to live with Ramana Maharshi and said to him, “I have come to learn Brahma-knowledge.””
  57. Saheb Mil Saheb Bhave #6 · 3 mentions · 16 July 1980
    “A German philosopher, Count Keyserling—a very famous one; and by a strange coincidence, his nephew is here and is our sannyasin—once came to Ramana Maharshi and said, “I have come from faraway Germany to sit at your feet and learn.””