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To enjoy happiness, therefore, all our mind need do is to cease all activity, returning calmly to its natural state of inactive being, as it does daily in deep sleep. The activity of our mind disturbs it from its calm state of just being, and causes it to lose sight of its own innermost happiness. Happiness is thus a state of being - a state in which our mind’s habitual agitation is calmed. When a desire is satisfied, or the cause of a fear is removed, the surface agitation of our mind subsides, and in that temporary calm our mind enjoys a taste of its own innate happiness. Desire and fear agitate our mind, and obscure from its vision the happiness that always exists within it. Whatever turmoil our mind may be in, in the centre of our being there always exists a state of perfect peace and joy, like the calm in the eye of a storm. Though we seem to derive happiness from external objects or experiences, the happiness that we thus enjoy in fact arises from within us. Happiness does not exist in any external object, but only in us, who are the consciousness that experiences happiness.

Happiness lies deep within us, in the very core of our being.

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The practice of ātma-vicāra - ‘self-enquiry’ or self-scrutiny.

The philosophy, science and art of true self-knowledge.

Ramana appointed no successors and created no lineage. For a picture of this confusion, see the illustration at. Information on books and current happenings is available at the official Sri Ramana Maharshi website.Īn enormous number of contemporary teachers point to Ramana Maharshi as their guru or part of their “lineage.” While this is well-intentioned in a few case, generally these people simply use Ramana’s name to bolster their spiritual resume. Not only are there intense spiritual discussions, but also a glimpse of everyday life in the ashram. Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi is the best collection of dialogues. The “I”-thought is like a spirit which, although not palpable, rises up simultaneously with the body, flourishes and disappears with it. The ignorance is identical with the “I”-thought. That which is eternal is not known to be so because of ignorance…. All that we need do is remove the obstruction. It is only that which is eternal but not now known due to obstructions. Therefore what we seek is not that which must happen afresh. If realization is not eternal it is not worth having. If it has not existed so far, it must take place hereafter. In fact it is already realized and there is nothing more to be realized.

The feeling that I have not realized is the obstruction to realization. It has to be removed in order that the true “I” may not be hidden. Who says it is not felt? Does the real “I” say it or the false “I”? Examine it. Q: If “I” am always, here and now, why do I not feel so?Ī: That is it. Some of these discussions were copied by hand and form the bulk of the written record of Ramana Maharshi’s teaching. For those that could not sense this emanation, Maharshi verbally answered their questions. He emanated a force or vibration that stilled the mind and led one to experience what Maharshi experienced. Ramana Maharshi’s deepest teaching was given in silence. People were welcomed from all over the world to ask him questions or sit in his presence. Instead, Maharshi lived and slept in a small hall where he also received visitors. There are no accounts of Ramana Maharshi stealing from the ashram treasury, dressing in fine clothes, having sex with disciples, or engaging in any other ego-inflating behaviors which often seem the norm in today’s spiritual landscape. He lived an utterly simple existence at Arunachala mountain in South India, until his death in 1950. Without a doubt, Ramana Maharshi is the greatest Indian sage of the 20 th century.