[RamanaMaharshi] AHAM group

[Guest guest]

Dear Everyone:

 

Bhagavan's devotees know perfectly well that there is only one Bhagavan

Ramana and his teachings are perfectly clear. They were given by Sri

Ramana with compassion and grace overflowing, with no thought of

financial or any other rewards. The immaculate purity of Bhagavan

Ramana in all ways is spell binding and makes us silent. My teacher,

Chitrabhanuji, used to visit Sri Ramana as a teenager in the late 1930s

before he became a Jain monk in 1942. He told me that Sri Ramana was

perfectly fine being alone in the beginning and many times silent for

long periods and simply became accustomed to having a lot of people

around gradually. Bhagavan basically tolerated and accepted everything

and once in a while in the beginning when he tried to avoid people and

run away or go deep in the jungle his plans were undermined by divine

providence. So Sri Ramana came to accept this and responded to the needs

of the people around him and that is how the Ashram came into being and

grew with Sri Ramana taking interest in the welfare of the devotees and

looking after them.

 

I recall a story that my teacher told. Once he visited Sri Ramana and

asked him about the highest reality (Jains believe that upon liberations

the Siddhas become completely liberated from matter and their souls

ascend to the height of the universe). Sri Ramana was then keeping

silence and did not answer the question. Instead he looked at my teacher

and kindly smiled. Sri Ramana then pointed to the sky with his finger

and then pointed to his own (Sri Ramana's own) heart. So my

understanding from that story was that the highest height and the

deepest depth of the Heart are the same thing and the highest is

contained in our Heart..

 

Back in the 1970s, I used to read many books by many teachers.

Chitrabhanuji told me to read Sri Ramana instead and I got that book,

"Talks with Ramana Maharshi". It was like magic. For me that has been a

life blessing and I slowly lost attraction to any other teaching and

gurus and so forth, although of course I maintain respect for all

traditions as Sri Ramana taught. The original teachings of Sri Ramana,

the conversations of Bhagavan with others and the words of Bhagavan's

devotees have been more than enough for me. Still people have many needs

and there are many teachers to meet their needs and that is good. But

there is only one Bhagavan Ramana and in the mind of the devotees the

Sage has no equal and no one can really be compared to him.

 

Love to all

Harsha

[Guest guest]

, Harsha wrote:

> Dear Everyone:

>

> Bhagavan's devotees know perfectly well that there is only one

Bhagavan

> Ramana and his teachings are perfectly clear. They were given by

Sri

> Ramana with compassion and grace overflowing, with no thought of

> financial or any other rewards. The immaculate purity of Bhagavan

> Ramana in all ways is spell binding and makes us silent. My

teacher,

> Chitrabhanuji, used to visit Sri Ramana as a teenager in the late

1930s

> before he became a Jain monk in 1942. He told me that Sri Ramana

was

> perfectly fine being alone in the beginning and many times silent

for

> long periods and simply became accustomed to having a lot of people

> around gradually. Bhagavan basically tolerated and accepted

everything

> and once in a while in the beginning when he tried to avoid people

and

> run away or go deep in the jungle his plans were undermined by

divine

> providence. So Sri Ramana came to accept this and responded to the

needs

> of the people around him and that is how the Ashram came into being

and

> grew with Sri Ramana taking interest in the welfare of the devotees

and

> looking after them.

>

> I recall a story that my teacher told. Once he visited Sri Ramana

and

> asked him about the highest reality (Jains believe that upon

liberations

> the Siddhas become completely liberated from matter and their souls

> ascend to the height of the universe). Sri Ramana was then keeping

> silence and did not answer the question. Instead he looked at my

teacher

> and kindly smiled. Sri Ramana then pointed to the sky with his

finger

> and then pointed to his own (Sri Ramana's own) heart. So my

> understanding from that story was that the highest height and the

> deepest depth of the Heart are the same thing and the highest is

> contained in our Heart..

>

> Back in the 1970s, I used to read many books by many teachers.

> Chitrabhanuji told me to read Sri Ramana instead and I got that

book,

> "Talks with Ramana Maharshi". It was like magic. For me that has

been a

> life blessing and I slowly lost attraction to any other teaching

and

> gurus and so forth, although of course I maintain respect for all

> traditions as Sri Ramana taught. The original teachings of Sri

Ramana,

> the conversations of Bhagavan with others and the words of

Bhagavan's

> devotees have been more than enough for me. Still people have many

needs

> and there are many teachers to meet their needs and that is good.

But

> there is only one Bhagavan Ramana and in the mind of the devotees

the

> Sage has no equal and no one can really be compared to him.

>

> Love to all

> Harsha

 

 

jai jai ramana,

who by mere mention of his name,

conveys his grace

forming this company of friends

jai ramana,

whose mere remembrance

elicits the purest and noblest in us

paving the road

to our very own

one and only

self

which we never

left.

 

@}->,->'--

grateful

yosy