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My Trip To Arunachala: By Helene Averous

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How is it possible to write about Arunachala?

I feel blessed.

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The Role Of Ethics In The Ramana Way: By Priya Radhakrishnan

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A pure mind is a prerequisite in the perusal of self-enquiry. In the Ramana way, a pure mind goes a long way even beyond just following values for an ethical living, because one’s goal is to realise the self beyond leading an ethical life. Continue reading →

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Darkness and Light: by Christine Wushke

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Being willing to sit honestly with yourself in the darkest of dark nights is a gift to the world. When we can sit in our own deepest pain with a willingness to accept it as it is, to forgive it, or even to just be with the experience; we begin to break down the cycle of authorship, projection and blame. Continue reading →

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Theory of Re-incarnation and Theory of Evolution by Raman Leonato

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Theory of Evolution and Theory of Re-incarnation are in fact very similar in their approach, at least from the philosophical point of view. Theory of evolution basically says that all children are born from parents. I.e. men did not appear out of the blue, so if you go from child to parent back in time. Where do you end? Continue reading →

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Altar for Satya: By Alx Uttermann,

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what does it mean, living for the truth?

who among us,
at any turn,
knows clearly enough
what is a star,
what is the sky,

how the light fractures
into millions of rays,
I mean
all of us, Continue reading →

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The Wisdom Walk: By Dr. Suryanarayana Raju

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There is a slight drizzle today and the atmosphere is beautiful. I breathe it in deeply. I am on my morning walk.

I am in the present moment which is the only thing that is truly and fully available to us. Continue reading →

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The Quest for the Heart: By Dr. Raju

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Any being without Self knowledge identifies with body-mind complex.

As far as life in the outside world is concerned “I” thought i.e ego has certain utilitarian value. Without the “I” thought, life in the world become impossible. Continue reading →

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Ramana Maharshi Timeline and Places – by Richard Clarke

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Ramana at Virupaksha Cave

Ramana at Virupaksha Cave

Below is a listing of Ramana’s timeline and the place where he was at the time. We visited on photographed each location where Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi is known to have visited or resided. Double click a place name to see the posting. Continue reading →

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You Brought Yourself! By T. K. Sundaresa Iyer

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Whenever I went up the hill to see Bhagavan Ramana, I used to buy something to eat and take it with me as an offering.

One day I had no money. I stood before Bhagavan in a dejected mood and said: “This poor man has brought nothing.” Continue reading →

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Temples and Shrines along Arunachala’s Outer Pradakshina Route. by Richard Clarke

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Arunachala’s ‘Outer Path’ is a place where you can visit many temples and shrines in one place while circumambulating this Holy Hill. Temples and shrines line the way of the 14 km pradakshina route. Circumambulating of holy sites – pradakshina – has long been a special spiritual experience in India. In the Skanda Purana, it is said:

The sins committed by the mind are destroyed by the first step (of pradaksina), the sins committed in speech by the second and the sins perpetrated by the body by the third step…

Skanda Purana Ch.9 v.28 Continue reading →