Objective Reality of the World Devotee: As I said before, we see, feel and sense the world in so many ways. These sensations are the reactions to the objects seen, felt etc., and are not mental creations as in dreams, which differ not only from person to person but also with regard to the same […]
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Category: Maharishi’s Gospel
These are important topics about Ramana Maharshi’s Guidance, put together in a wonderful form by Maurice Frydman, who was an ardent devotee of Ramana. These topics contain the essential knowledge that a sincere spiritual seeker must have. When one deeply contemplates on this knowledge, one will definitely free themselves from the clutches of the ego and attain Self Knowledge in the form of Eternal Being-Consciousness-Bliss.
Reality is Being-Consciousness
Reality is Being-Consciousness Devotee: The world may not be conscious of itself, yet it exists. Maharshi: Consciousness is always Self-consciousness. If you are conscious of anything you are essentially conscious of yourself. Unselfconscious existence is a contradiction in terms. It is no existence at all. It is merely attributed existence, whereas true Existence, the sat, […]
Is the World an Illusion?
Is the World an Illusion? Devotee: I cannot say it is all clear to me. Is the world that is seen, felt and sensed by us in so many ways something like a dream, an illusion? Maharshi: There is no alternative for you but to accept the world as unreal, if you are seeking the […]
Enlightened Being and the World
Enlightened Being and the World Devotee: Is the world perceived by the jnani (Enlightened Being)? Maharshi: From whom is the question? Is it from a jnani or ajnani? D: From an ajnani, I admit. M: Is it the world that seeks to decide the issue about its reality? The doubt arises in you. Know in […]
Silence and Solitude
Silence and Solitude D: Is a vow of silence useful? M: The inner silence is self-surrender. And that is living without the sense of ego. D: Is solitude necessary for a sannyasin? M: Solitude is in the mind of a man. One might be in the thick of the world and yet maintain perfect serenity […]
All actions will go on by themselves
All actions will go on by themselves D: Bhagavan said yesterday that while one is engaged in search of God ‘within’, ‘outer’ work would go on automatically. In the life of Sri Chaitanya it is said that during his lectures to students he was really seeking Krishna (Self) within, forgot all about his body and […]
Can a householder attain Self-Realizatio...
Can a householder attain Self-Realization ? D: How does a grihastha fare in the scheme of moksha? Should he not necessarily become a mendicant in order to attain liberation? M: Why do you think you are a grihastha? Similar thoughts that you are a sannyasin will haunt you, even if you go out as a […]
Highest Goal of Spiritual Experience
Highest Goal of Spiritual Experience Disciple: What is the highest goal of spiritual experience for man? Maharshi: Self-realization. D: Can a married man realize the Self? M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self; because That is here and now. If it were not so, but attainable by some effort at some […]