The Collected Works of Ramana MaharshiArthur Osborne This cove wisdom literature is back in print after many years. Maharshi spent his life teaching the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through the simple discipline of Self-Enquiry, Upadesa Saram, Fire Hymns to Arunachala, the two sets of Forty Versus, and miscellaneous pieces, including Atma Vidya |
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abide Absolute actions activity Aruna Atma Atman attachment attained becomes Being-Consciousness-Bliss Bhagavan bhakti Bliss bondage Brahman breath breath-control cause Dakshinamurti deep sleep delusion desire destroyed devotion dhyana disciple discrimination dream enquiry eternal ether exist experience fire five sheaths gross Guru Heart identity ignorance illusion individual insentient intellect Jiva Jnana Jnani karma Knower Knowledge Liberation Lord lotus Maharshi manifestation Maya means meditation mental mind Moksha name and form nature nirvikalpa samadhi non-dual non-Self obtained ocean Oh Arunachala one's oneself path Peace perfect poppadum prana prarabdha prarabdha karma primal qualities rajas Ramana RAMANA MAHARSHI Reality realized remains sadhu Sage samsara sattva scriptures seek self-effulgent Self-enquiry Self-realization sense objects shines Siva soul spiritual SRI ARUNACHALA Sri Shankara subsides substratum subtle body Supreme tamas Tamil Thee Thou art Thou didst thought Thy Grace Tiruvannamalai transcends true Truth unreal Vedanta Vedas veiling power verse waking wisdom worship yoga Yogi
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Page 8 - so that no sound could escape, so that neither the word “I” nor any other word could be uttered. “Well then,” I said to myself, “this body is dead. It will be carried stiff to the burning ground and there burnt and reduced to ashes. But with the death of this body am I dead? Is the body!?
Page 8 - I”. From that moment onwards the “I” or Self focused attention on itself by a powerful fascination. Fear of death had vanished once and for all. Absorption in the Self continued unbroken from that time on. Other thoughts might come and go like the various notes of music, but the”!
Page 8 - note that underlies and blends with all the other notes.' Whether the body was engaged in talking, reading, or anything else, I was still centred on “I”. Previous to that crisis I had no clear perception of my Self and was not consciously attracted to it. I felt no perceptible or direct interest in it, much less any inclination to dwell permanently in it.