Guest guest Posted August 6, 1999 Report Share Posted August 6, 1999 At 01:34 PM 8/6/99 -0700, you wrote: >a c <ac > >Namaste, > >My friend asked me the other day if I considered Ramana Maharshi to be an >Advaitin. I told him it might depend on how Advaitin was defined but as >far as I was concerned the short answer was "yes". I have read some >"official" opinion seems less certain about Ramana's status -- therefore >the question: " is Ramana Maharshi a 100% bona fide source of genuine >information regarding Advaita Vedanta ? If the answer is 'no' for any >reason what did he get wrong? " He was awake (Buddhist term), or enlightened, or realized, or had achieved Moksha, or was jivanmukta. Of that there is no doubt. From his writings and disciples we know this, including the Westerner Dr. Paul Brunton (see: "A Search in Secret India"). As for being a "source of information," what information do you refer to? In most ways, Advaita Vedanta is concerned with the removal of "information." :-) >While we are at it, how about Nisargadatta and Ramesh Balsekar? I don't know about Balsekar, but Nisargadatta is unquestionable in this mind. >What >exactly do they have wrong (if anything) according to official Advaita >Vedanta? Who defines "official" Advaita Vedanta? On this list it is Shankara. On another it is Ramakrishna and Vivekananda. On another, it might be a different person. "Reality is One, sages call it by various names." Anyone could set up a definition of Advaita Vedanta, official or not, as long as it conformed to the writings of the Upanishads. With Love, Tim ----- Visit The Core of the WWW at: http://core.vdirect.net Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics... Also Personal Site with Shareware, Entertainment, Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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