Perform Work with Detachment Excerpts from “Talks with Ramana Maharshi”. Talk 20. Mr. Evans-Wentz: Is solitude necessary for a Jnani? M.: Solitude is in the mind of man. One might be in the thick of the world and maintain serenity […]
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How to perform work with doership? What ...
How to perform work? What is the right attitude? How to work without Doership? Talks with Ramana Maharshi ~~~~~~~~ Talk 46. Mr. Ekanatha Rao: How can anyone reconcile such activity as self-enquiry with the wage-earning which is a necessity for […]
Work is no hindrance to Meditation or Se...
Work is no hindrance to Meditation or Self-Realization (Excerpts from Talks with Ramana Maharshi) ~~~~~~~~ Talk 17. D.: Is work an obstruction to Self-realization? M.: No. For a realized being the Self alone is the Reality, and actions are only […]
Make no effort to work or to renounce wo...
Make no effort to work or to renounce work Dr. Syed: What is salvation? What did Christ mean by it? Maharshi: Salvation for whom? and from what? D.: Salvation for the individual and from the sorrows and sufferings of […]
Nishkama Karma (Selfless Work)
Nishkama Karma (Selfless Work) Mr. Rangachari, a Telugu Pandit in Voorhees’ College at Vellore, asked about nishkama karma (selfless work). There was no reply. After a time Sri Bhagavan went up the hill and a few followed him, including the […]
Let the Purpose Fulfill Itself
Picture at the top: God In Action. (Left to Right) Sri Madhavaswamy and Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Let the Purpose Fulfill Itself D.: How is work to be done ordinarily for an aspirant? M.: Without self-identification with the actor. For […]
All actions will go on by themselves
All actions will go on by themselves Maharshi’s Gospel ~ Work And Renunciation D: Bhagavan said yesterday that while one is engaged in search of God ‘within’, ‘outer’ work would go on automatically. In the life of Sri Chaitanya it […]
Turn inward while active in the world
Turn inward while active in the world We don’t have to give up active living to turn inward. This is what the sages say. Sages tell us that we should live our lives in the world according to our nature […]
Give up my business for Vedanta?
Give up my business for Vedanta? Day by Day with Bhagavan Diary of Devaraja Mudaliar March 16, 1945 Morning A visitor: Should I give up my business and take to reading books on Vedanta? Bhagavan: If the objects have an independent […]









