Who Am I ? (25 – 28) What is Self-Realization Who Am I ? (contd.) 25. What is wisdom-insight (jnana-drshti)? Remaining quiet is what is called wisdom-insight. To remain quiet is to resolve the mind in the Self. Telepathy, knowing past, present and future happenings and clairvoyance do not constitute wisdom-insight. 26. What is […]
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Who Am I? (24) What is Happiness
Who Am I? (24) What is Happiness Who Am I ? (contd.) 24. What is happiness? Happiness is the very nature of the Self; happiness and the Self are not different. There is no happiness in any object of the world. We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from objects. When the […]
Who Am I? (23) Reading books any use
Who Am I? (23) Reading books any use Who Am I ? (contd.) 23. Is it any use reading books for those who long for release (salvation, liberation, self-realization)? All the texts say that in order to gain release (from bondage), one should render the mind quiet; therefore their conclusive teaching is that the […]
Who Am I? (22) Difference between waking...
Who Am I? (22) Difference between waking and dream Who Am I ? (contd.) 22. Is there no difference between waking and dream? Waking is long and a dream short; other than this there is no difference. Just as waking happenings seem real while awake, so do dream happenings seem real in a dream while […]
Who Am I ? (20 – 21) Liberation of the S
Who Am I ? (20 – 21) Liberation of the Soul Who Am I ? (contd.) 20. Is it not possible for God and the Guru to effect the release of a soul? God and the Guru will only show the way to release; they will not by themselves take the soul to the state […]
Who Am I? (19) What is Non-Attachment
Who Am I? (19) What is Non-Attachment Who Am I ? (contd.) 19. What is non-attachment? As thoughts arise, destroying them utterly without any residue in the very place of their origin is non-attachment. Just as the pearl-diver ties a stone to his waist, sinks to the bottom of the sea and there takes the […]
Who Am I ? (16 – 18) Supreme Power makes
Who Am I ? (16 – 18) Supreme Power makes all things move Who Am I ? (contd.) 16. What is the nature of the Self? What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul, and God are appearances in it. like silver in mother-of-pearl, these three appear at the […]
Who Am I ? (13 – 15) Meditation on the S
Who Am I ? (13 – 15) Ramana Maharshi’s Teachings Who Am I ? (contd.) 13. The residual impressions (thoughts) of objects appear wending like the waves of an ocean. When will all of them get destroyed? As the meditation on the Self rises higher and higher, the thoughts will get destroyed. 14. Is it […]
Who Am I ? (9 – 12) Path of Inquiry
Who Am I ? (9 – 12) Who Am I ? (contd.) 9. What is the path of inquiry for understanding the nature of the mind? That which rises as ‘I’ in this body is the mind. If one inquires as to where in the body the thought ‘I’ rises first, one would discover that […]
Who Am I ? (1 – 8) Who Am I?
Who Am I ? (1 – 8) Ramana Maharshi’s Teachings 28 Questions and Answers As all living beings desire to be happy always, without misery, as in the case of everyone there is observed supreme love for one’s self, and as happiness alone is the cause for love, in order to gain that happiness which […]
“Who Am I ?” – Introduction
“Who Am I ?” – Introduction “Who am I?” is the title given to a set of questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry. The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by one Sri M. Sivaprakasam Pillai about the year 1902. Sri Pillai, a graduate in Philosophy, was at the time employed in the […]