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
Mind is not steady A gentleman from Mysore asked: D:. How is the mind to be kept in the right way? M.: By practice. Give it good thoughts. The mind must be trained in good ways. D.: But it
Concentration is not thinking one thing D.: Is concentration of mind one of the sadhanas? M.: Concentration is not thinking one thing. It is, on the other hand, putting off all other thoughts which obstruct the vision of our
Carry on Meditation zealously However sinful a person may be, if he would stop wailing inconsolably: ‘Alas! I am a sinner, how shall I attain Liberation?’ and, casting away even the thought that he is a sinner, if he would
Two Ways to get Real Bliss Miss Umadevi, a Polish lady, asked Sri Bhagavan: I once before told Sri Bhagavan how I had a vision of Siva at about the time of my conversion to Hinduism. A similar experience
Meditation: Get rid of thoughts D.: Should I remain as if in sleep and be watchful at the same time? M.: Yes. Watchfulness is the waking state. Therefore the state will not be one of sleep, but sleepless sleep. If you
Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam was rendered extempore by Jagadguru Sri Adi Sankaracharya. The story behind this great work is this. Sri Adi Sankaracharya came across an old grammarian who was strenuously memorizing all the complex rules of Grammar, instead
Be free from thoughts Be free from thoughts M.: Be free from thoughts. Do not hold on to anything. They do not hold you. Be yourself. Talk with Ramana Maharshi Talk 472. 15th March, 1938
Let go the passing thoughts M.: You must exist in order that you may think. You may think these thoughts or other thoughts. The thoughts change but not you. Let go the passing thoughts and hold on to the unchanging
Let go the passing thoughts and hold on to the Unchanging Self Another pilgrim asked: I am a man with a family. Is it possible for those in a family to get release (from bondage), and if so how? M.:
