Self Knowledge by Nome

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Self Knowledge by Nome

 

A new book has just become available. It is a jewel for anyone

interested in the teachings of Ramana Maharshi. It presents with

great clarity the teachings of nonduality—Advaita Vedanta—and the

practice of Self-inquiry. Self Knowledge was written by a Self-

Realized teacher who has offered satsang and instruction in Self-

inquiry for more than 25 years. The book reveals our identity with

the Absolute, following a long line of teachers: Dattatreya,

Vasishita, Ribhu, Adi Sankara and Ramana Maharshi.

 

The book contains eleven aphoristic teachings in verse (Mandalas),

three essays which read as concise texts on Self-inquiry and Self

Knowledge, and 20 transcripts of satsang with Nome. The aphorisms are

arranged in 40-verse Indian mandala form.

 

The purest nondual teaching is expressed with extraordinary clarity

in verse, essay and in satsang. Nineteen of the satsang transcripts

are from satsangs held during 2001 – 2003; one is from 1993.

 

More information is found at the SAT website:

http://www.satramana.org/html/complete_book_catalogue.htm

The book order form is at http://www.satramana.org/Book_Order_Form.pdf

 

A short sample from Mandala One, Being:

 

The Self is just Being.

It is not being this or that.

It is just Being.

Self-Realization is just Being.

It is not being this or that.

It is just Being.

Being knows no alternative.

The Self is just Being.

 

Being never changes its nature.

That which truly is never ceases to be.

That which ceases never actually is.

That which truly exists never changes.

That which changes never truly exists.

That which is changeless is without destruction.

The indestructible is only

That which is without creation.

The unborn is the undying.

The unchanging is along Being.

Being never changes its nature.

 

The Self ever is

Just as it is.

There is no time

When Being is altered.

There is no time

When you are not the Self.

Primordial Being eternally is.

Is what you are even now.

Immutable Being is peace itself,

For there is not time

When Being is altered.

Just as it is,

The Self ever is.

 

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I think that most interested in Ramana will find this book most

valuable.

 

We are not two,

Richard