The Essential Teaching

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To know the Self is but to

be the Self,

For it is non-dual.

In such knowledge

One abides as That.

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atma_vichara [atma_vichara] On Behalf Of Harsha

Saturday, September 10, 2005

8:37 PM

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NamoRamana

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millionpaths; ;

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[atma_vichara] RE:

Paul Brunton and Ramana Maharshi

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I went through the link

quickly, all three chapters. Its like a book! It is well written, offers the

usual information available from other direct sources. It is not aimed at

devotees but at Brunton scholars perhaps… (Although I could not tell who

it is aimed at). Sometimes Sri Ramana’s statements and words are used to

reach conclusions that the author appears to want to reach (the difficulty with

this approach is that Sri Ramana said different things at different times to

different people and never worried about consistency). Therefore, it is

possible to reach a number of different and opposing conclusions by selectively

quoting Bhagavan without appreciating the context of his very human

personality. In my view, it is difficult to write meaningfully about the Sage

of Arunachala without a grasp of Sri Ramana’s teachings that comes fully

only with the experience and knowledge of the Self.

Harsha

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[] On Behalf Of Rishi M

Saturday, September 10, 2005

6:00 PM

NamoRamana

Cc: atma_vichara;

; millionpaths;

namoramana; ;

the_sage_of_arunachala

[ - Ramana

Guru] Paul Brunton and Ramana Maharshi

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I can across a link on

another discussion board where a three part

article on Paul Brunton is written. Here it is

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http://www.members.shaw.ca/abhishiktananda/Brunton.html