July 2010
2 posts
Removal of all sorrow by Maharshi
The Sri Ramana Gita of B.V.Narasimha Swami
Part VII
While B.V.Narasimha Swami was residing in Sri Ramanasramam, around the year 1930, he took up the project of recasting Ganapati Muni’s Sri Ramana Gita in its original conversational form. For a full introduction to this recently discovered manuscript see the July/August 2009 Maharshi newsletter. In the present issue, we continue from our...
"MIND" Ramana Maharshi
“Mind it is that binds man, and the same mind it is that liberates him. Mind is constituted of sankalpa and vikalpa, desire and disposition. Desire shapes and governs disposition. Desire is of two kinds – the noble and the base. The base desires are lust and greed. Noble desire is directed towards enlightenment and emancipation. Base desire contaminates and clouds the understanding. Sadhana...
June 2010
1 post
The Goal and the Way...Intro. by Satprakashananda...
The fundamental difference between man and what we call the lower orders of life is not in the physical form but in the psychical funtion. In human life the mind has reached a level at which it can think. Man not only sees, but reads and interprets things. He looks far beyond the senses. His knowledge is not confined within the domain of sense perception. The human mind has the capacity to probe...
December 2009
1 post
What is Life?
Where is mankind headed, what is our purpose and the meaning of life?
We are going toward freedom—or better, Freedom, with a capital F. Freedom is the simplest, broadest way to describe the goal of life. We all want to be free—to feel that we are unlimited, unconfined. Some of you may say, “I don’t want freedom so much as i want to find truth! The reply, is all...
November 2009
4 posts
LIFE EXPLAINED
A Geni in the distant past rubbed his lantern & a Dog appeared. He said to the dog, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said:”That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?” The Geni agreed. ...
consciousness
The study of consciousness is one of the most important contributions to human thought, and the question itself one of the most important we can raise. It is true the conclusions about it differ from most others. This proposal is to make it clear. Although it may seem to you that we are begging the question, these conclusions, as will be explained later, are evidenced by “direct...
“Concentration is the essence of all knowledge. Nothing can be done without it....”
– East Meets West…Vivekananda, pg 82,83