Dialogue on Self-enquiry
This is an outstanding exchange between Ramana Maharshi and a visitor on the practice of self-enquiry. It comes from a little-known magazine article, which is why I am reproducing it here.
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In this article I examine some of the statements made by both Muruganar and Ramana Maharshi that seem to equate abiding in the Self with laziness.
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In this article I attempt to provide an overview of the spiritual heart-centre and the role it plays in realisation of the Self.
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In 2006 I helped T. V. Venkatasubramanian make some changes to Spiritual Instruction (Upadesa Manjari), a small book of dialogues with Ramana Maharshi that was compiled by Sadhu Natanananda. Since they were never published, I have included them…
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In this article, which I wrote in the early 90s, I tell the story of of Bhagavan's association with the Mother's Temple at Ramanasramam and how it evolved from a thatched hut to its current state.
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The ajata doctrine takes the position that since the world was never created, there can be no jivas within it who are striving for or attaining liberation. Though it violates common sense and the experience of the senses,…
Read articleUlladu Narpadu Anubandham, verse 39
This is my commentary on one of the verses, composed by Bhagavan, that appears in Ulladu Narpadu Anubandham (Supplement to the Forty Verses).
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There are two parts to this article. First, there is a translation of a poem by Sadhu Om whose subject is the greatness of giri-pradakshina. The second half is an excerpt from Arunachala Mahatmyam which provides background information…
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