The Teaching in brief

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The fundamental teaching is that we are the deathless spirit, eternal, free,

never born, never dying - which is why we do not really believe we are going

to die, even in the midst of death. It teaches that perfect unending

happiness is our real nature - this alone is the reason we pursue it at any

price - but our tendency is to seek it in the world through the mind and

senses. It teaches that Desires (Vasanas - Samskaras) are the source of

misery - which is why those who lead the simplest lives are the happiest. It

teaches that all manifest life is ruled by the law of Karma (the law of

cause and effect, known generally as the law of retribution, but is also of

reward) - we reap the rewards and pay the penalty for our every act in

successive lives - which is why evil sometimes seems to be rewarded and good

punished.

 

All of the above we can prove for ourselves once our vision is clear and we

begin to be honest. But is this enough ? The answer is no; it is not enough

to think these things out. That does not bring happiness or solve problems.

Advaita and specifically Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, teach the path of

'Self-enquiry', the route to proof and permanent freedom from the cycle of

death and rebirth, to the ending of misery forever and to the realisation

(becoming) of our true nature as the immortal Self

(Being-Consciousness-Bliss).

 

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