[SriArunachala] Then miracle of Dakshinamurti and Ramana

[Guest guest]

Dakshinamurti .... original silence.

Thank you, Gabriele, for these quotes on the silent teaching.

I am reminded of the Buddha's teaching in silence to Mahakashyap, when he held

up a flower, and Mahakashyap laughed, which led to the flowering of Zen. And of

another of Buddha's disciples' later teaching to the gods (and humans) who

showered flowers upon their human teacher: "We are showering flowers in praise

of your (silent) teaching: You have not given a discourse and we have not

heard a discourse, this is indeed the silent teaching."

Shirdi Sai gives a rare exposition of Advaita in Sai Satcharitra, telling a

devotee that all jnani's teach ajnani (ignorance) when they speak, how can it be

otherwise? But how a thorn (speech) may be used to remove another thorn

(ignorance)......

Thanks again..

 

John

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Gabriele Ebert

RamanaMaharshi ; SriArunachala ;

MillionPaths ;

Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:25 AM

[sriArunachala] Then miracle of Dakshinamurti and Ramana

 

 

Miracle of Dakshinamurti

 

"Who is the youthful guru beneath the banyan tree?

Very old [spiritual ripe] are the pupils who seek him.

The handsome teacher's speech is silence.

Cleared are all the pupils' doubts.

 

Under the wonderful banyan tree shines the youthful guru.

Aged pupils come to him.

Silence is the teacher's speech.

Gone are the doubts in pupils's minds.

 

(Ramana Maharshi in: Collected Works)

 

Dakshinamurti (the god facing the south) is the Guru of all Gurus who teached

only through silence. His image is found in every South Indian Siva temple. The

story of Dakshinamurti is as follows (according to Chadwick: A Sadhu's

Reminiscences):

"Brahma was tired of creating and wanted to retire, so he created the four

Kumaras to take his place. But these did not in the least wish to take over but

demanded instead initiation from him into the secret to how to gain liberation.

This their father refused. So they left him and went in search of this somewhere

else. They eventually encountered an awe-inspiring figure seated under a banyan

tree. Here they remained and received the instruction they were seeking, which

was given in silence. In silence, because no word can express that which is

beyond all words and no mind can grasp that which is beyond mind. Silence is the

most perfect teaching of all."

 

Sri Ramana teaching is often compared to that of Dakshinamurti and he himself

quite often refered to the Guru of all Gurus.

"On one Maha Sivarathri night devotees requested Bhagavan to explain the

meaning of Dakshinamurti Ashtakam. The devotees waited for Bhagavan to commence

His explanations. Bhagavan remained silent. There was no movement whatever. The

entire atmosphere was surcharged with the Power and Peace of Bhagavan's

presence. No one noticed the passage of time. Suddenly Bhagavan got up.Then only

every one was aware that the night had elapsed and Bhagavan was going out for

His morning walk on the Hill! They understood not only that silence alone was

the true meaning of those verses but also that Bhagavan was all the night giving

a silent commentary on them. The next day when He was asked Bhagavan replied;

'True Silence means abiding in the Self.'

 

One day it was known that a broadcasting society was planning to record

Bhagavan's voice and sought permission. Bhagavan gave a big smile and said:

'Oh! Is that so? But my voice is Silence, isn't it? How can they record

Silence? That which IS is Silence. Who could record it?'

On hearing this 'nectar', devotees sat quiet, exchanging glances of awe and

ecstasy and the Hall became absolutely silent!"

 

(V. Ganesan: Perushottama Ramana)

 

To read the Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi and other Sages of

Advaita click:

http://home.talkcity.com/GaiaWay/Infinite_Freedom

 

For more information about the Sri Arunachala egroup click:

http://home.talkcity.com/GaiaWay/Infinite_Freedom/ARUNACHALA.html

 

At the Sri Arunachala group we are focussed only on Sri Arunachala and Sri

Ramana Maharshi,

therefore we do not discuss the other many thousands of Spiritual Paths and

Teachings.

 

For those who would like to discuss other

Spiritual Paths and Teachings, in the context of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the best

place to do this is the Ramana Maharshi egroup. To to the

Ramana Maharshi egroup click:

RamanaMaharshi

then look upper left and click .

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dakshinamurti .... original silence.

Thank you, Gabriele, for these quotes on the silent teaching.

I am reminded of the Buddha's teaching in silence to Mahakashyap, when

he held up a flower, and Mahakashyap laughed, which led to the

flowering of Zen. And of another of Buddha's disciples' later

teaching to the gods (and humans) who showered flowers upon their

human teacher: "We are showering flowers in praise of your (silent)

teaching: You have not given a discourse and we have not heard a

discourse, this is indeed the silent teaching."

Shirdi Sai gives a rare exposition of Advaita in Sai Satcharitra,

telling a devotee that all jnani's teach ajnani (ignorance) when they

speak, how can it be otherwise? But how a thorn (speech) may be used

to remove another thorn (ignorance)......

Thanks again..

John

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Gabriele Ebert

RamanaMaharshi ; SriArunachala ;

MillionPaths ;

Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:25 AM

[sriArunachala] Then miracle of Dakshinamurti and Ramana

Miracle of Dakshinamurti

"Who is the youthful guru beneath the banyan tree?

Very old [spiritual ripe] are the pupils who seek him.

The handsome teacher's speech is silence.

Cleared are all the pupils' doubts.

Under the wonderful banyan tree shines the youthful guru.

Aged pupils come to him.

Silence is the teacher's speech.

Gone are the doubts in pupils's minds.

(Ramana Maharshi in: Collected Works)

Dakshinamurti (the god facing the south) is the Guru of all Gurus who

teached only through silence. His image is found in every South

Indian Siva temple. The story of Dakshinamurti is as follows

(according to Chadwick: A Sadhu's Reminiscences):

"Brahma was tired of creating and wanted to retire, so he created the

four Kumaras to take his place. But these did not in the least wish

to take over but demanded instead initiation from him into the secret

to how to gain liberation. This their father refused. So they left him

and went in search of this somewhere else. They eventually encountered

an awe-inspiring figure seated under a banyan tree. Here they remained

and received the instruction they were seeking, which was given in

silence. In silence, because no word can express that which is beyond

all words and no mind can grasp that which is beyond mind. Silence is

the most perfect teaching of all."

Sri Ramana teaching is often compared to that of Dakshinamurti and he

himself quite often refered to the Guru of all Gurus.

"On one Maha Sivarathri night devotees requested Bhagavan to explain

the meaning of Dakshinamurti Ashtakam. The devotees waited for

Bhagavan to commence His explanations. Bhagavan remained silent.

There was no movement whatever. The entire atmosphere was surcharged

with the Power and Peace of Bhagavan's presence. No one noticed the

passage of time. Suddenly Bhagavan got up.Then only every one was

aware that the night had elapsed and Bhagavan was going out for His

morning walk on the Hill! They understood not only that silence alone

was the true meaning of those verses but also that Bhagavan was all

the night giving a silent commentary on them. The next day when He

was asked Bhagavan replied;

'True Silence means abiding in the Self.'

One day it was known that a broadcasting society was planning to

record Bhagavan's voice and sought permission. Bhagavan gave a big

smile and said:

'Oh! Is that so? But my voice is Silence, isn't it? How can they

record Silence? That which IS is Silence. Who could record it?'

On hearing this 'nectar', devotees sat quiet, exchanging glances of

awe and ecstasy and the Hall became absolutely silent!"

(V. Ganesan: Perushottama Ramana)To read the Teachings of Bhagavan Sri

Ramana Maharshi and other Sages of Advaita

click:http://home.talkcity.com/GaiaWay/Infinite_FreedomFor more

information about the Sri Arunachala egroup

click:http://home.talkcity.com/GaiaWay/Infinite_Freedom/ARUNACHALA.htmlAt

the Sri Arunachala group we are focussed only on Sri Arunachala and

Sri Ramana Maharshi,therefore we do not discuss the other many

thousands of Spiritual Paths and Teachings.For those who would like

to discuss other Spiritual Paths and Teachings, in the context of Sri

Ramana Maharshi, the best place to do this is the Ramana Maharshi

egroup. To to the Ramana Maharshi egroup

click:RamanaMaharshithen look upper left

and click . Your use of is subject to the

 

[Guest guest]

Yes, indeed. The teaching in silence goes directly to the heart. There is no

"between". No mind needs to grasp anything. The heart grasps the teaching

spontaneously and discovers that everything is already there and nothing new or

unknown is teached. That is the big discovery. But how extremely rare are those

who are able to teach in silence!

 

Gabriele

 

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Kalpa

SriArunachala ; RamanaMaharshi ;

MillionPaths ;

Monday, January 21, 2002 8:30 AM

Re: [sriArunachala] Then miracle of Dakshinamurti and Ramana

 

 

Dakshinamurti .... original silence.

Thank you, Gabriele, for these quotes on the silent teaching.

I am reminded of the Buddha's teaching in silence to Mahakashyap, when he held

up a flower, and Mahakashyap laughed, which led to the flowering of Zen. And of

another of Buddha's disciples' later teaching to the gods (and humans) who

showered flowers upon their human teacher: "We are showering flowers in praise

of your (silent) teaching: You have not given a discourse and we have not

heard a discourse, this is indeed the silent teaching."

Shirdi Sai gives a rare exposition of Advaita in Sai Satcharitra, telling a

devotee that all jnani's teach ajnani (ignorance) when they speak, how can it be

otherwise? But how a thorn (speech) may be used to remove another thorn

(ignorance)......

Thanks again..

 

John

support

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[Guest guest]

Yes, indeed. The teaching in silence goes directly to the heart. There

is no "between". No mind needs to grasp anything. The heart grasps the

teaching spontaneously and discovers that everything is already there

and nothing new or unknown is teached. That is the big discovery. But

how extremely rare are those who are able to teach in silence!

Gabriele

-

Kalpa

SriArunachala ; RamanaMaharshi ;

MillionPaths ;

Monday, January 21, 2002 8:30 AM

Re: [sriArunachala] Then miracle of Dakshinamurti and Ramana

Dakshinamurti .... original silence.

Thank you, Gabriele, for these quotes on the silent teaching.

I am reminded of the Buddha's teaching in silence to Mahakashyap, when

he held up a flower, and Mahakashyap laughed, which led to the

flowering of Zen. And of another of Buddha's disciples' later

teaching to the gods (and humans) who showered flowers upon their

human teacher: "We are showering flowers in praise of your (silent)

teaching: You have not given a discourse and we have not heard a

discourse, this is indeed the silent teaching."

Shirdi Sai gives a rare exposition of Advaita in Sai Satcharitra,

telling a devotee that all jnani's teach ajnani (ignorance) when they

speak, how can it be otherwise? But how a thorn (speech) may be used

to remove another thorn (ignorance)......

Thanks again..

John

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