Category: Self-Enquiry (Vichara Sangraham)

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (11) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (11) Devotee:   Is Self-experience possible for the mind, whose nature is constant change? Maharshi: Since sattva-guna (the constituent of prakriti which makes for purity, intelligence, etc.) is the nature of mind, and since the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (10) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (10) Devotee:   If the entire universe is of the form of mind, then does it not follow that the universe is an illusion? If that be the case, why is the creation of the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (9) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (9) Devotee:   How can it be said that the Heart is no other than Brahman? Maharshi: Although the Self enjoys its experiences in the states of waking, dream, and deep sleep, residing respectively in […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (8) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. (8) Devotee:   Why is it said that only the mind which is the internal organ, shines as the form of all, that is of soul, God and world? Maharshi: As instruments for knowing the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (7) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (7) Devotee:   If these four – mind, intellect, memory and egoity – are one and the same, why are separate locations mentioned for them? Maharshi: It is true that the throat is stated to […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (6) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (6) Devotee:   While there are different modifications of the internal organ, namely manas (reflection), buddhi (intellect), chitta (memory) and ahankara (egoity), how can it be said that the destruction of the mind alone is […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (5) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (5) Devotee:   Is enquiry only the means for removal of the false belief of selfhood in the gross body, or is it also the means for removal of the false belief of selfhood in […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (4) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (4) Devotee:   When one enquires into the root of ‘self-conceit’ which is of the form ‘I’, all sorts of different thoughts without number seem to rise; not any separate ‘I’ thought. Maharshi: Whether the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (3) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (3) Devotee:   How is one to enquire: “Who am I?” Maharshi: Actions such as ‘going’ and ‘coming’ belong only to the body. And so, when one says “I went, I came”, it amounts to […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (2) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  (2) Devotee: What is meant by saying that one should enquire into one’s true nature and understand it? Maharshi: Experiences such as, ‘I went; I came; I was; I did’ come naturally to everyone. From […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (1) Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham  is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered.  Invocation Is there any way of adoring the Supreme which is all, except by abiding firmly as That! (1) Devotee: Master! What are the means to gain the state of eternal bliss, ever devoid of […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham – Introduction Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham – Introduction This is the first set of teachings that Ramana Maharshi ever offered. It was offered at about 1901, when he was a young man of about twenty-two. He was already a Jnani (Sage) in perfect Realization of the Self, in the resplendent bliss […]