Rob:: The Video

[Guest guest]

Dear Rob:

Thanks much for the Bhagavan research. I will remember not to just

use just Ramana as to not offend our India brothers and sisters.

 

The video that was loaned to us is entitled "The Sage of Arunachala"

and shows many frames of Bhagavan Sri Ramana walking, sitting, etc.

I got a great feeling of peace viewing it so I give it the highest

recommendation.

 

Sri Purushav is the one to thank for giving me a gift of "No Mind I

Am The Self' so I can type it in for the groups. He also gave me

another video "Guru Ramana" his living presence. Since I am using

most of my free time to type in the book I have not viewed it yet,

but as soon as I do I will let you know about it.

 

Loving Ramana aka Alton

 

 

 

RamanaMaharshi, "Rob Sacks" <editor@r...> wrote:

> Dear Alton,

>

> Is the video good? I haven't seen it.

>

> > ...it was said that Maharshi means divine one.

>

> "Bhagavan" means "divine one" or "God." Here's

> the definition of that word from the glosssary of

> Arthur Osborne's "Ramana Maharshi and the Path

> of Self-Knowledge:

>

> . Bhagavan. The same word as 'Bhagavad' with a

> . different case ending; the commonly used word for

> . 'God.' Terms such as Isawara, Brahma, Vishnu,

> . Siva and names for the various Aspects of God are

> . more technical or philosophical. In ordinary

> . conversation a man says either 'Bhagavan' (God) or

> . 'Swami' (the Lord).

> . The term 'Bhagavan is used by general consent

> . of those few supreme Sages who are recognized as

> . completely One with God.

> . Both the B and the g are aspirated. The middle

> . vowel is slurred over and scarcely heard.

>

> Here's the definition of "rishi" from the same book:

>

> . Rishi. Sage, literally seer.

>

> And here's the definition of "maharshi" from the same

> book:

>

> . Maharshi. Maha Rishi, the Great Rishi or Sage.

> . The name is used for one who opens a new path to

> . Realization. It is also a name of Vishnu as the fountain-

> . head of initiation and paths to Realization.

>

> While we're on the subject, "Sri" is either a term

> of respect (as you can see from this list it can be used

> like "Mr.") or an epithet applied to saints meaning

> "beatific" or "blessed."

>

> "Ramana" is a name. (Sri Ramana's given name as a

> boy, before his realization, was Venkataraman.)

>

> While we're on the subject, let me mention something

> I learned from email received at my website. In a few

> instances the website referred to Bhagavan simply as

> "Ramana," and this generated some incredibly angry

> email from Indian readers who interpreted this as a sign

> of disrespect. Actually, to Westerners, nothing

> disrespectful is implied by this. In the West, we

> normally refer to revered religious figures simply by

> their first names. To take the most extreme example,

> Westerners often refer to Jesus Christ simply as Jesus

> even in church.

>

> But I learned from my email that to some Indian ears,

> this practice sounds extremely disrespectful, so I

> adopted the habit of referring to Bhagavan as Sri

> Ramana, Ramana Maharshi, etc., but never simply as

> Ramana.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Rob

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Loving Sri Ramana,

 

> I got a great feeling of peace viewing it so I give

> it the highest recommendation.

 

Ah, very good. Some books have that effect

on me.

 

Rob

 

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"Atlon Slater" <leenalton

<RamanaMaharshi>

Saturday, September 14, 2002 6:49 PM

[RamanaMaharshi] Rob:: The Video

 

> The video that was loaned to us is entitled "The

> Sage of Arunachala" and shows many frames of

> Bhagavan Sri Ramana walking, sitting, etc...