At sixteen, Ramana underwent a spontaneous encounter with death that he described as a
direct recognition of the deathless self. He spent the rest of his life in Tiruvannamalai,
teaching largely through silence and through the question: “Who am I?”
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Self-Inquiry — The direct practice of turning attention back on the "I"-thought to investigate its source. Taught by Ramaṇa Mahāṛṣi as the shortest path to the recognition that what you are seeking is what you are.
Moksha — Liberation from the cycle of birth and death — in Advaita, the recognition of the self as Brahman.
Sources
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi (Sri Ramanasramam, 1955)
Arthur Osborne, The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words (1962)