Real Surrender: Ramana’s Teaching on Bhakti

“Surrender to Him and abide by His will whether he appears or vanishes; await His pleasure.

If you ask Him to do as you please, it is not surrender but command to Him.

You cannot have Him obey you and yet think that you have surrendered.

He knows what is best and when and how to do it.

Leave everything entirely to Him.

His is the burden: you have no longer any cares. All your cares are His.

Such is surrender. This is bhakti.”

— Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Talk 450

Meaning and Implication

• Dismantles false devotion, where ego pretends to surrender but still demands outcomes.

• Clarifies that real surrender means radical trust even in silence, absence, or hardship.

• Says God takes over your burdens completely when surrender is true.

• Identifies such surrender as bhakti in its highest form.

Om Bhagvan Ramana Om