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Reality in Forty Verses (Ulladu Narpadu) by Sri Ramana Maharshi
from Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Once Bhagavan composed twenty Tamil stanzas containing his important teachings. They were not written in any particular order to form a poem. Sri Muruganar therefore suggested that Bhagavan should write twenty stanzas more to make it the conventional forty. Accordingly, Bhagavan composed twenty more stanzas. Out of these [...]
The State of Jnani
A JNANI HAS ATTAINED LIBERATION EVEN WHILE alive, here and now. It is immaterial to Him as to how, where and when He leaves the body. Some Jnanis may appear to suffer, others may be in samadhi; still others may disappear from sight before death. But that makes no difference to their jnana . Such [...]
Freewill vs Destiny or Determinism
FREEWILL AND DESTINY ARE EVER EXISTENT. Destiny is the result of past action; it concerns the body. Let the body act as may suit it. Why are you concerned about it? Why do you pay attention to it? Freewill and destiny last as long as the body lasts. But jnana transcends both. The Self is [...]
Self Realization according to Ramana Bhagavan
THE STATE WE CALL REALIZATION IS SIMPLY being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. If one has realized, he is That which alone is, and which alone has always been. He cannot describe that state. He can only be That. Of course we loosely talk of Self-realization for want of a better term. That [...]
Ramana Maharshi’s views on GRACE AND GURU
I HAVE NOT SAID THAT A GURU IS NOT NECESSARY. But a Guru need not always be in human form. First a person thinks that he is inferior and that there is a superior, all- knowing, all powerful God who controls his own and the world’s destiny and worships him or does bhakti. When he [...]
Analysis of the Three States (Waking, Dream & Sleep)
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DREAM and the waking state except that the dream is short and the waking long. Both are the result of the mind. Our real state is called turiya , which is beyond the waking, dream and sleep states. The Self alone exists and remains as It is. The three [...]
Enquiry on “Who am I?” - from ‘Gems from Bhagavan’
FOR ALL THOUGHTS THE SOURCE IS THE `I-thought’. The mind will merge only by Self-enquiry `Who am I?’ The thought `Who am I?’ will destroy all other thoughts and finally kill itself also. If other thoughts arise, without trying to complete them, one must enquire to whom did this thought arise. What does it matter [...]
The sectret of MIND - from ‘Gems from Bhagavan’
MIND IS A WONDERFUL FORCE INHERENT IN the Self.
That which rises in this body as `I’ is the mind. When the subtle mind emerges through the brain and the senses, the gross names and forms are cognized. When it remains in the Heart, names and forms disappear…. If the mind remains in the Heart, the [...]