Sri Ramana's selections from Vivekachudamani

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Hi All,

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi had high regard for Vivekachudamani. I have

also read that He used to quote from it and also wrote a tamil

translation of some of the verses.

 

Here are selections as posted in the newsletter "The Maharshi" mar-

apr95 issue:

http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/publish/marapr95.htm

 

 

Verses From Sri Sankara's Viveka-Chudamani

(Selected and Reset by Sri Ramana Maharshi )

1. Among all the means for Liberation pre-eminent is Devotion: and

the quest for one's own Reality (the Self is called Devotion.) (31)

 

2. The Supreme Self, the eternal, indivisible, non-dual

Consciousness, the Witness of buddhi and the rest, is other than Sat

and asat, and is the ultimate significance of the notion conveyed by

the term 'I'. It is the immediate Reality, the Bliss Incarnate. (351)

 

3. The Supreme Self of pure Consciousness, different from prakriti

and its modifications, shines as the 'I-I', the direct Witness of

buddhi during the wakeful and other states, and lights up this entire

manifestation of Sat and asat. (135)

 

4. That which clearly manifests itself within during the wakeful,

dreaming and sleep states, which is directly perceived within as

the 'I-I' of continuous awareness, which perceives the ego, buddhi,

etc., that are of diverse forms and modifications, and which reveals

itself as the Atman of Eternal Consciousness-Bliss - know thou this,

thine own Self, within the Heart. (217)

 

5. By direct experience know thou this, thine own Self within

thyself, as "This is I", with the mind regulated and the intellect

pure and clear; (thereby) cross the boundless ocean of samsara of

which the waves are the (succession of) births and deaths: thy aim

thus fulfilled, be established as the Absolute. (136)

 

6. In the sheath of intelligence shines eternally Atman, the self-

effulgent Witness of all. Making that thy lakshya, which is quite

different from the unreal - enjoy it by experience, through unbroken

awareness, as thy own Self. (380)

 

7. Extremely subtle is the Truth of the Self Supreme, and it is not

discernible to the gross vision (of the mind). It is knowable to the

noble minded of perfectly pure intellect, through very subtle Self-

awareness during Samadhi (the State of Transcendental Peace). (360)

 

8. When the mind, qualified thus through incessant practice, is

merged in Brahman, then the Samadhi getting rid of its savikalpa

character leads of its own accord to the Experience of Bliss of

Oneness (i.e., of Nirvikalpa Samadhi). (362)

 

9. By the Samadhi are destroyed all the knots of vasanas and all

karma is destroyed. There remains, within and without, everywhere and

at all times, the effortless manifestation of one's Swaroopa, the

Self. (363)

 

10. In the cave of the buddhi is the Supreme Brahman, one without a

second, distinct from Sat and asat. For him who abides in this cave

as verily that Self, there is no rebirth. (266)

 

 

regards

Sundar Rajan

 

advaitin, "kamesh" <kamesh@c...> wrote:

> Dear All,

>

> With grace of god, i plan to post the one verse daily from the

Vivekachudamani of Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

>

> if possible i will also give the english translation of Sri Sri

Chandrasekara Bharathi Mahaswaminah, who had actually written the

meaning of Vivekachudamaniit in sanskrit

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> sivaya namaha

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> Kamesh

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