Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (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)...

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (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...

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (24) Devotee: What is regulation of breath?  Maharshi: It is making the vital air stay firmly in the heart through exhalation, inhalation, and retention,according to the...

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (25) Devotee: How is breath-control the means for mind-control? Maharshi: There is no doubt that breath-control is the means for mind-control, because the mind, like breath...

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (26) Devotee: Since breath-control leads only to quiescence of the mind (manolaya) and not to its destruction (manonasa), how can it be said that breath-control is...

Talks with Ramana Maharshi (64) News of someone’s death was brought to Sri Bhagavan. He said, “Good. The dead are indeed happy. They have got rid of the troublesome overgrowth...

Talks with Ramana Maharshi (65) Visitor: Is the jagat (world) perceived even after Self-Realization? M.: From whom is this question? Is it from a Jnani (one who knows the True...

Motiveless Devotion (Ahaituka Bhakti) Letters from Ramanasramam In August 1944, a Bengali youth in ochre-coloured robes, by name Chinmayananda, a pracharak (preacher) of the Hindu religion belonging to the Birla...

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (27) Devotee: What are the limbs of yoga? Maharshi: Yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi. Of these – (1) Yama:- this stands, for...