How can we weaken and eventually destroy all our viṣaya-vāsanās?
The following are some extracts from section 80 of Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi (1978 edition, pages 82-3; 2006 edition, pages 83-4):
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The following are some extracts from section 80 of Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi (1978 edition, pages 82-3; 2006 edition, pages 83-4):
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Labels: Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, ego, Nāṉ Yār? (Who am I?), self-investigation (ātma-vicāra), Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu
In Guru Vācaka Kōvai there is a chapter called Naraka Jaya-t-Tiṟaṉ (Explaining the Conquest of Naraka), which consists of five verses, three composed by Muruganar and two composed by Bhagavan. The former are verses 181 to 183, in which Muruganar recorded what Bhagavan explained about the real import of Naraka Caturdaśi and Dīpāvali, and the latter are verses B4 and B5 (and verses 2 and 3 of Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ), in the first of which Bhagavan summarised the ideas expressed in verses 181 and 182, and in the second of which he expressed the same idea as verse 183 but in a simpler and clearer manner.
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Labels: Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, ego, Guru Vācaka Kōvai, self-investigation (ātma-vicāra), Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ
Yesterday a friend called Asiakas posted a comment on one of my videos, 2020-03-14 Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK: discussion with Michael James on Ēkāṉma Pañcakam verse 4, asking, ‘Dear Michael. Why try to justify that this world is a dream? Do we try to justify to people in our dreams, that it is a dream? Who realizes it is a dream?’, but before I had time to reply to this it was deleted. However, these are questions that deserve a reply, so the following is my reply to them:
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Labels: Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, dream, ego, philosophy of Sri Ramana, self-investigation (ātma-vicāra)
A friend asked me to adjudicate on a disagreement that he and another friend had about self-abidance and self-investigation. One of them believed that “the terms ‘self-abidance’ and ‘self-investigation’ mean two different things. That is, according to his understanding, in self-abidance we do not use our sharp mind (nun mati or kurnda mati). However, in self-investigation, we are using our sharp mind (nun mati or kurnda mati)”, whereas the other believed that “both these terms, ‘self-abidance’ and ‘self-investigation’ mean the same thing as long as we are practising self-attentiveness. These terms — self-abidance and self-investigation — are just two different ways of describing the practice of atma-vichara”.
The following is adapted from the reply I wrote to them:
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Labels: Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, ego, Nāṉ Yār? (Who am I?), philosophy of Sri Ramana, practice taught by Sri Ramana, self-investigation (ātma-vicāra), Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu, Upadēśa Undiyār
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