Ramana Maharshi was an Indian spiritual teacher, who was born in the late 1800s. He was an influential figure in the Hindu spiritual tradition, teaching people about how to reach inner peace and enlightenment. He believed that the path to enlightenment was through experiencing spiritual awareness or Self-realization. He taught people to focus on their inner self instead of the external world and to be still and quiet to experience the true Self. The goal was to still the mind and contemplate the true nature of the self, or Atman, to find ultimate freedom and liberation.