STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION - INTRODUCTION

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INVOCATION

 

I seek refuge at the sacred feet of the blessed Ramana, who performs the entire

work of creation,

preservation and destruction, while remaining wholly unattached, and who makes

us aware of what is

real and thus protects us, that I may set down his words fittingly.

 

IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK

 

Worshipping with the instruments (of thought, word and body ) the sacred lotus

feet of Bhagavan

Sri Ramana Maharshi, the very embodiment of beginningless infinite supreme

Brahman, the

Satchitananda (existence, consciousness, bliss), I have gathered this bouquet of

the flowers of

his instructions (upadesamanjari) for the benefit of those who are foremost

among the seekers of

liberation and who are adored by learned persons in order that they might adorn

themselves with it

and attain salvation.

 

This book is an epitome of the immortal words of that great soul, Sri Ramana

Maharshi, whose

teachings entirely dispelled the doubts and wrong notions of this humble person

even as the Sun

dispells darkness.

 

The subject of this book is that Eternal Brahman which shines as the pinnacle

and heart of all the

Vedas and Agamas.

 

That incomparable Self-realisation [atmasiddhi] which is praised by all the

Upanishads and which

is the supreme good to be sought by all noble aspirants [brahmavids] is the

theme of this work.

 

Sri Natanananda

 

 

 

 

Note:In the invocation and introduction the compiler sees Ramana not only as

his bodily form but

as the embodiment of The Divine Absolute Consciousness [brahman] .[AJ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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