Atma Vichara Patikam

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Arunachalaramanaya

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.....ATMA VICHARA PATIKAM.....

(Eleven Verses On Self-Enquiry)

by: Sri Sadhu Om

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1. Thinking is a mentation (vritti); being is not a

mentation! If enquired 'Who thinks?', thinking

will come to an end! Even when thoughts do not

exist, do not you exist? To remain thus in the

source of thoughts is the state of Self-abidance

(nishtha)! Be thus!

 

 

2. He who thinks is the individual soul (jiva) ; he

who is, is the supreme (brahman)! If the thinker

thinks with great love of That which is still,

this thought, the love to be, will become the

thought-free thought which kills all thinking.

When the thinker thus dies with all his thoughts,

to remain surviving him is union with the supreme

(siva-sayujyam)!

 

 

3. He who thinks 'I (am so-and-so)' is himself one

among the thoughts. Of all thoughts, the

thought 'I (am so-and-so)' is the very first.

The jiva who thinks 'I (am so-and-so)' is only

our reflection. For, we never think 'I (am this

or that)' when we shine as That (the Supreme).

 

 

4. This thought, 'I (am the body)' does not exist

in deep sleep. This thought 'I (am the body)',

does not exist in the true state of jnana

either. Since it rises and slips away in between

(two such states), this 'I' is unreal; hence this

'I' is only a thought.

 

 

5. The waxing of this thought 'I' is indeed the

waxing of misery! This thought 'I' alone is what

is called the ego. It is only becouse of non-

enquiry that this 'I' has come into existence and

is flourishing! If, instead of being favoured,

it is enquired into, 'What is this I?' it will

disappear, losing its existence.

 

 

6. The second and third persons (the objects) live

only because of the root, the first person (the

subject or ego). If the fickle mind turns

towards the first person, the first person will

become non-existent and That which really exist

will then shine forth. this indestructible,

real Self is Jnana.

 

 

7. To think of second and third persons is sheer

foolishness, for by thinking of second ans third

persons the mental activities (mano-vrittis) will

wax. (On the other hand,) attending to the first

person is equal to committing suicide, for only

by enquiring into the first person will the ego

itself die.

 

 

8. Attending to second and third persons instead of

turning towards and attending to the first person

is an attention based only upon ignorance

(ajnana). If you ask, "Then is not the attention

to the ego also an attention based upon

ignorance?

So why should we attend to this 'I'?" then

listen.

 

 

9. The reason why this 'I' dies when enquired into,

'What am I?' is as follows: This thought 'I' is

a reflected ray of Jnana (Self), (and it alone is

directly connected with Self, whereas the other

thoughts are not); (so) when the attention goes

deeper and deeper within along the ray 'I', its

length decreases more and more, and when the ray

'I' dies that which shines as 'I' is Jnana.

 

 

10. Do not perform any action thinking 'It should be

done by me'. Nothing is done by you, (for) you

are simply nothing! By knowing this first, if

you avoid the rising of doership, then everything

will be done well by Him and your peace will

remain undisturbed!

 

 

11. When scrutinizing 'What is real?', nothing in the

 

world is (found to be) such; Self alone is real

(satyam). Therefore, let us renounce everything

and ever remain unshakably as the reality (sat).

This alone is the service enjoined upon us by

Sri Ramana, our eternal Lord!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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