Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (6) (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 release? Maharshi: In the books explaining the nature of the mind, it is thus stated: […]
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Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (5)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (5) (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 the subtle and causal bodies? Maharshi: It is on the gross body that the other […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (4)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (4) (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 nominative case, which is the first case, appears or not, the sentences in which the […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (3)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (3) (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 saying that the body is “I”. But can the body be said to be the […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (2)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (2) (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 these experiences, does it not appear that the consciousness ‘I’ is the subject of those […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (1)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (1) 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 misery? Maharshi: Apart from the statement in the Vedas that wherever there is a body […]
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham – Intro
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham – Introduction Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham 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 of Divine Knowledge. […]
