UPADESA SARAM

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

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Given below are the details from the year 2002SRI RAMANASRAMAM Published calendar

Translated by Prof.K.SwaminathanVerses 1 to 30 of Upadesa Saram

 

Action yields fruit, For so the Lord ordains it. How can action be the

Lord ? It is insentient.

The fruit of action passes. But action leaves behind

Seed of further action Leading to an endless ocean of action; Not

at all to moksha.

Disinterested action Surrendered to the Lord Purifies the mind and

points The way to moksha.

This is certain: Worship, praise and meditation, Being work of body, speech and

mind, Are stepd for orderly ascent.

Ether, fire, air, water, earth, Sun, moon, and living beings Worship of

these, Regarded all as forms of His, Is perfect worship of the Lord.

Better than hymns of praise Is repetition of the Name; Better low-voiced than

loud, But best of all Is meditation in th mind.

Better than spells of meditation Is one continuous current, Steady as a

stream, Or downward flow of oil.

Better than viewing Him as Other, Indeed the noblest attitude of all,

Is to hold Him as the " I " within, The very " I ".

Abidance in pure being Transcending thought through love intense

Is the very essence of supreme devotion.

Absorption in the heart of being, Whence we sprang, Is the path of

action, of devotion, of union and of knowledge.

Holding the breath controls the mind, A bird caught in a net.

Breath-regulation helps Absorption in the heart.

Mind and breath ( as thought and action ) Fork out like two

branches. But both spring From a single root.

Absorption is of two sorts; Submergence and destruction. Mind submerged rises

again; Dead, it revives no more.

Breath controlled and thought restrained, The mind turned

one-way inward Fades and dies.

Mind extinct, the mighty seer Returns to his own natural being And has no

action to perform.

It is true wisdom For the mind to turn away From outer objects and

behold Its own effulgent form.

When unceasingly the mind Scans its own form THere is nothing of the

kind. For everyone This path direct is open.

Thoughts alone make up the mind; And of all thoughts the 'I'0 thought

is the root. What is called mind is but the notion

'I'.

When one turns within and searches Whence this 'I' thought

arises, The shamed 'I' vanishes- And wisdom's quest begins.

Where this 'I' notion faded Now there as I, as I, arises

The One, the very Self, The infinite.

OF the term 'I', the permanent import Is That. For even

in deep sleep Where we have no sense of 'I' We do not cease

to be.

Body, senses, mind, breath, sleep- All insentient and unreal- Cannot be

'I', 'I' who am the Real.

For knowing That which Is There is no other knower. Hence Being

is Awareness And we are all Awareness.

In the nature of their being creature and creator Are

in substance one. They differ only In adjuncts and

awareness.

Seeing oneself free of all attributes Is to see the LOrd,

For he shines ever as the pure Self.

To know the Self is but to be the Self, For It is non-dual. In

such knowledge One abides as That.

That is true knowledge which transcends Both knowledge and ignorance,

For in pure knowledge Is no object to be known.

Having known one's nature one abides As being with no

beginning and no end In broken consciousness and bliss.

Abiding in this state of bliss Beyond bondage and release,

Is steadfastness In service of the Lord.

All ego gone, Living as That alone Is penance good

for growth, Sings Ramana, the Self.

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