Tag Archives: Ramana Maharshi
The True Master
Ego’s Death
Sri Ramana emphasizes that the true renunciation does not involve going to some special place like a forest or ashram to meditate.
The real giving up, is letting go of the ego, the sense of doership, the identification with our mental fluctuations due to attachments and expectations.
It Is Just You!
Sri Ramana used to say that the Eternal Divine nature cannot be present at one time and absent at another.
So we must become aware of our Self in this present moment.
It is only in the present that the Self is Realized.
That is because the very nature of the Self is Pure Presence.
It is Pure Being.
Faith and Grace
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Without faith one can never jump into the arms of the Divine Beloved.
We do not have enough personal strength to go into the unknown.
The personal identity cannot step into the unknown without faith.
To allow that final surrender to the Divine to take place is called Grace.
Self is Bliss
The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him.
That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings.
Hence it is called the Heart.
~ Sri Ramana.
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The Language Of Silence
Bhagavan Sri Ramana used to say that the highest spiritual teaching and transmission is only in silence.
True Silence comes when there is complete surrender to God without any reservation.
Then there is no room for anxiety, worry, or any other mental noise.
In this sublime silence filled to the brim with peace and contentment, the fullness of awareness spontaneously reveals ItSelf as the Universal Intelligence.
It is the Pure Infinite Being whose very nature is Bliss.
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The Nature of Now
Without a calm mind, one cannot experience the ultimate reality, the underlying oneness, as one’s own Self.
Spiritual practices (prayer, meditation, deep breathing, yoga) have value because they remove the agitation of the mind.
A peaceful mind, steady in awareness, can understand the purest teaching at the most subtle level.
Therefore the practical advice of the sages is to not bother anyone and not be bothered by others.
To reach the highest state and to know one’s own Heart as the Self, one has to become absolutely indifferent to both external and internal perceptions.
Awareness Aware Of ItSelf
Awareness quietly aware of itself is the subtlest spiritual practice.
Its power can be understood fully when the mind is free from agitation.
The ancient sages knew that to make the mind calm and peaceful we must reflect on the interconnectedness of life and treat all life as precious and sacred.
Sri Ramana used to say that what we give to others, we give to our self.
That is the basic truth of the spiritual path.
May all beings be free from sorrow.
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