Guest guest Posted November 21, 1999 Report Share Posted November 21, 1999 Hello Wolfgang Roedler, welcome, This is a new list so please bear with us till it is fully up and running. Please submit posts on Ramana Maharshi, his teaching, or related, whether experience, advice or questions. Talk 551: A man asked Sri Bhagavan: "How is it that Atma vidya is said to be the easiest?" Bhagavan replied: Any other vidya requires a knower, knowledge and the object to be known, whereas this does not require any of them. It is the Self. Can anything be so obvious as that? Hence it is the easiest. All that you need is to enquire, "Who am I?" A man's true name is mukti(liberation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2001 Report Share Posted August 28, 2001 Thank you for your posts of Ramana's teachings. The line from your quote: "A: Only remove ignorance. That is all there is to be done. " points out the need to practice in a way that removes ignorance. That is the place where the "negation" meditation I have written about (coupled with Self-inquiry) plays a big role. By habit we place reality in all these imagined external things (world, body, ego, etc.). Spiritual growth involves turning the attention to the Self. As long as seeker holds to externals liberation does not occur. Negation removes the hold on the "externals." Self-inquiry turns the focus to the Self. Not two, Richard RamanaMaharshi, "viorica weissman" <viorica@z...> wrote: > > Q: How long does it take to reach mukti (liberation or freedom)? > > A: Mukti (liberation) is not to be gained in the future. It is there forever, > here and now. > > Q: I agree, but I do not experience it. > > A:The experience is here and now. One cannot deny one's own Self. > > Q: That means existence and not happiness. > > A: Existence is the same as happiness and happiness is the same > as being. The word mukti (liberation or freedom) is so provoking. > Why should one seek it? One believes that there is bondage and > therefore seeks liberation. But the fact is that there is no bondage > but only liberation. Why call it by a name and seek it? > > Q: True – but we are ignorant. > > A: Only remove ignorance. That is all there is to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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