Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Compass)

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Not a single action is done for themselves … the jnanis do things for the sake of others with detachment, without themselves being affected by them. However when a devotee was genuinely distressed and seeking a solution he would sometimes reassure him in a way that left no room for doubt.

That nothing ultimately exist, that life is a meaningless dream, and everyone is the same entity playing hide-and-seek to 'experience' itself. That is the significance of the comparison made between the world of the waking state and the dream world. Aspects of Indian Spirituality, which offer a way of life which is simple, and the philosophy behind ancient Indian practices such as Yoga, meditation, Karma and reincarnation are explained as Ramana Maharshi explained them to his followers. At times it seems like the questioner is badgering the witness because he doesn’t like the answer, such as when Godman wants Sri Ramana to elaborate on the nature of suffering and the need for compassionate acts. David Godman is an Englishman who became interested in Eastern Spirituality in his second year at Oxford University.

Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it is heaven, wealth, peace and truth; it is grace; it is the state of divine silence; it is the deathless death; it is jnana, renunciation, final liberation and bliss.

When he began speaking again, people came to ask him questions, and he soon acquired a reputation as a sage.The disturbance is due to the arising of thoughts in the individual, which is only the ego rising up from pure consciousness. Sri Ramana Maharshi was one of the most well-known Jnana yogis of modern times (he lived from 1879 to 1950. For all new aspirants, I recommend another marvelous book 'The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna', as a good starting point. There is the light on the screen and the shadows flitting across it impress the audience as the enactment of some piece. The self is the central theme of Sri Ramana's teaching that permeates every part of this Q-A structured book.