Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 Dear members, During the course of my discussions of spiritual matters with people, I had noticed a few things (I may have been wrong). Many from North India have not either heard (at all) or know very little of Ramana Maharshi. People from South India again, do not know anything about the teachings of Saint Kabir and the like. They both were advaitins of a very high order. They can be classified under "neo-advaitins". For the benefit of both the audience I am starting 2 postings: 1. Teachings of Kabir 2. Life of Ramana Maharshi Every weekend I will post translation of one poem by Saint Kabir and dwell a little on the life of Ramana Maharshi. For those who know both well, kindly pardon. I hope I am not violating any of the list policies by discussing personalities not approved by the list. Please stop me, if they are not in line with your policies. Again, I am new to this list and hence if all these have been gone through many times, I can skip it in that case too. Regards. S. V. Subrahmanian. ______________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 Harih Aum Subramanianji: Namaskar, Thanks for starting a new thread of discussions on the Lives and Teachings of Saints. All opportunities to clear our ignorance are always welcome. You will have plenty of audiences to read your Discussions and articles on Saints such as Ramana Maharishi and Saint Kabir. We encourage you to continue your postings without any reservation, warmest regards, Advaitin List Moderators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 Namaste. I will also help Sri Subramanianji by contributing on teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one per week. However, if what I quote hereby may actually end up confusing the audience, I will stop it. Sri Ramana Maharshi: Time and space cannot effect the Self. They are in you. So also all that you see around you is in you. There is a story to illustrate this point. "A lady had a precious necklace round her neck. Once in her excitement she forgot it and thought that the necklace was lost. She became anxious and looked for it in her home but could not find it. She asked her friends and neighbours if they knew anything about the necklace. They did not. At last a kind friend of hers told her to feel the necklace round her neck. She found that it had all along been round her neck and she was happy. When others asked her later if she had found the necklace which was lost, she said, 'Yes, I have found it.' She still felt that she had recovered a lost jewel." Now, did she lose it at all? It was all along round her neck. But judge her feelings. She was as happy as if she had recovered a lost jewel. Similarly with us, we imagine that we will realise that Self some time, whereas we are never anything but the Self. - Ch.2 "Be as you are" The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi Edited by David Godman With Love and Warmest Regards, Raghava --- advaitin , Ram Chandran <rchandran@c...> wrote: > Harih Aum Subramanianji: > > Namaskar, > > Thanks for starting a new thread of discussions on the Lives and Teachings of > Saints. All opportunities to clear our ignorance are always welcome. You will > have plenty of audiences to read your Discussions and articles on Saints such > as Ramana Maharishi and Saint Kabir. > > We encourage you to continue your postings without any reservation, > > > warmest regards, > > Advaitin List Moderators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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