Ramana Sahasram 44

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33. Om atulaya ramanaya namah

 

Om! Prostrations to Ramana, who is unequalled.

 

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>From Ramana Sahasram, by Dr. Ramamoorthy.

 

Not two,

Richard

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Dear Usha Sastry,

 

Never a need to be sorry for such a question.

 

First this is from a very old teaching, from Adi Sankara: "Listen (or

read), Contemplate, Deeply Meditate" is how to approach spiritual teaching.

 

Contemplation is deep mental consideration. Meditation is looking within

your self to see what is real and true for you of that which was

contemplated.

 

If I were approaching this with comtemplation, I might try to see what it

means. What does it mean that Ramana (or anyone or even for me) to be

unequalled? Does it mean that there is none better? Does it mean that there

are no others that can be different? Based on what you know of Ramana's

life, what did Ramana think? Did he think he was better than others? Did he

think that there were others?

 

Then after contemplating, to meditate, one looks within for the truth of

the comptemplation within oneself. Here it might be something like, "Do I

think I am better (or worse) than others? What identity do I assume when I

think that? Who am I really? Am I that limited identity? Who knows that

identity? Who am I, then? AM I the identity or the one who knows the

identity? Here one starts with a thought. If one dives deep, one arrives

where thoughts are no longer. But one is still aware. Who is it the is

aware? And who are you?

 

Maybe some of this will be of assistance.

 

Not two,

Richard

 

Original Message:

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usha sastry saranam53

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:10:55 -0700 (PDT)

RamanaMaharshi

Re: [RamanaMaharshi] Ramana Sahasram 44

 

 

Om ramanaya namah

 

Can anybody explain to me - inward contemplation and

meditation and how to do it? I need some more in

detail for practicing. Sorry for the question.

 

I do verbal and mental chant always.

 

Usha sastry

 

 

 

--- Richard Clarke <rclarke wrote:

 

> 33. Om atulaya ramanaya namah

>

> Om! Prostrations to Ramana, who is unequalled.

>

> --------------------

> From Ramana Sahasram, by Dr. Ramamoorthy.

>

> Not two,

> Richard

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

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