Viveka-Chudamani/Ramana Maharshi

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Verses From Sankara's Viveka-Chudamani

Selected and Reset by Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

1. Among all the means for Liberation pre-eminent is Devotion: and the quest

for one's own Reality (the Self is called Devotion.) (31)

 

2. The Supreme Self, the eternal, indivisible, non-dual Consciousness, the

Witness of buddhi and the rest, is other than Sat and asat, and is the

ultimate significance of the notion conveyed by the term 'I'. It is the

immediate Reality, the Bliss Incarnate. (351)

 

3. The Supreme Self of pure Consciousness, different from prakriti and its

modifications, shines as the 'I-I', the direct Witness of buddhi during the

wakeful and other states, and lights up this entire manifestation of Sat and

asat. (135)

 

4. That which clearly manifests itself within during the wakeful, dreaming

and sleep states, which is directly perceived within as the 'I-I' of

continuous awareness, which perceives the ego, buddhi, etc., that are of

diverse forms and modifications, and which reveals itself as the Atman of

Eternal Consciousness-Bliss - know thou this, thine own Self, within the

Heart. (217)

 

5. By direct experience know thou this, thine own Self within thyself, as

"This is I", with the mind regulated and the intellect pure and clear;

(thereby) cross the boundless ocean of samsara of which the waves are the

(succession of) births and deaths: thy aim thus fulfilled, be established as

the Absolute. (136)

 

6. In the sheath of intelligence shines eternally Atman, the self-effulgent

Witness of all. Making that thy lakshya, which is quite different from the

unreal - enjoy it by experience, through unbroken awareness, as thy own

Self. (380)

 

7. Extremely subtle is the Truth of the Self Supreme, and it is not

discernible to the gross vision (of the mind). It is knowable to the noble

minded of perfectly pure intellect, through very subtle Self-awareness

during Samadhi (the State of Transcendental Peace). (360)

 

8. When the mind, qualified thus through incessant practice, is merged in

Brahman, then the Samadhi getting rid of its savikalpa character leads of

its own accord to the Experience of Bliss of Oneness (i.e., of Nirvikalpa

Samadhi). (362)

 

9. By the Samadhi are destroyed all the knots of vasanas and all karma is

destroyed. There remains, within and without, everywhere and at all times,

the effortless manifestation of one's Swaroopa, the Self. (363)

 

10. In the cave of the buddhi is the Supreme Brahman, one without a second,

distinct from Sat and asat. For him who abides in this cave as verily that

Self, there is no rebirth. (266)

 

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