Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (23) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (23) Devotee: What is absolute retention of breath? Maharshi: It is making the vital air stay firmly in the heart even without exhalation and inhalation. This is achieved through meditation on the vital principle, etc. […]
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Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (22)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (22) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (22) Devotee: How is breath to be controlled? Maharshi: Breath can be controlled either by absolute retention of breath (kevala-kumbhaka) or by regulation of breath (pranayama). ~~~~~~~~ Note : Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (21)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (21) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (21) Devotee: Of the means for mind-control, which is the most important? Maharshi: Breath-control is the means for mind-control. ~~~~~~~~ Note : Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (20)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (20) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (20) Devotee: What is the reason for the absence of mental strength? Maharshi: The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice, and […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (19)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (19) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (19) Devotee: Although I have listened to the explanation of the characteristics of enquiry in such great detail, my mind has not gained even a little peace. What is the reason for this? Maharshi: […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (18)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (18) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (18) Devotee: D: How do the three states of experience, the three bodies, etc., which are imaginations, appear in the Self-light which is one, impartite and self-luminous? Even if they should appear, how is […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (17)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (17) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (17) Devotee: How is one to know that in the Heart the Self itself shines as Brahman? Maharshi: Just as the elemental ether within the flame of a lamp is known to fill without […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (16)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (16) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (16) Devotee: How do egoity, soul, self, and Brahman come to be identified? Maharshi: The Example The Exemplified 1 The iron-ball […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (15)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (15) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (15) Devotee: The mind, sense-organs, etc., have the ability to perceive; yet why are they regarded as perceived objects? Maharshi: Drik (Knower) Drisya (Known object) 1 The Seer The seen object (for […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (14)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (14) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (14) Devotee: What is the real purpose of sannyasa (renunciation)? Maharshi: Sannyasa is only the renunciation of the ‘I’ thought, and not the rejection of the external objects. He who has renounced the “I” […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (13)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (13) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (13) Devotee: When there is activity in regard to works, we are neither the agents of those works nor their enjoyers. The activity is of the three instruments (i.e., the mind, speech, and body). […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (12)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (12) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (12) Devotee: Is the aforesaid Self-experience possible, even in the state of empirical existence, for the mind which has to perform functions in accordance with its prarabdha (the past karma which has begun to […]
