Ramana Maharshi's 123rd Jayanthi Day

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Today is Ramana Maharshi's 123rd Jayanthi Day. Below is a small snip

taken from http://tiruvannamalai.tripod.com/Ramana-maharshi.html :

 

Ramana Maharshi is unique kind of saint who is appropriate for the

20th centuary. Unlike the traditional hindu saints Ramana is oriented

in "Who Am I" teaching. He showed the way as self-enquiry for self

realisation.

Ramana is as like everybody in childhood days. When his father died

he thought differently as who is dying and what happened to his

father's body and soul. He got realised that the body is not a true

one and the soul

residing inside the body is the true one.

 

His Teachings: (find your soul or get surrender)

 

Ramana Maharshi, perhaps modern India's greatest sage, recommended

Atma-Vichara or Self-inquiry as the best and most direct approach for

Self-realization. This has caused some to think that he regarded

other yogic practices, like mantra or pranayama, as unimportant or

even useless. However, a careful examination of his teachings reveals

that he recommended various yogic approaches of devotion, mantra or

raja yoga - in fact, he encouraged whatever might aid a person in

their sadhana.

 

The Maharshi did not put much emphasis on the outer formalities of

practice for Self-inquiry. This has similarly caused some to think

that for Self-inquiry there are no prerequisites - that any one at

any stage of life or following any life-style can do it and succeed.

Again, a careful examination of his life and teachings shows that he

never discountenanced the ethical and ascetic basis for Self-inquiry

 

"Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of

limitation is the work of the mind. When the mind unceasingly

investigates its own nature, it transpires that there is o such thing

as mind. This is the direct path for all."

—Ramana Maharshi

 

Ramana's main teaching is that one is self-enquiry and the other is

surrender to god. He himself a great devotee of Lord shiva in the

form of Mountain Arunachala.

He wrote "Arunachala Aksharamana Malai" which has 108 two line songs

which is devoted to Lord

Arunachala.

He is very much confident that the 'Bhakti'(love towards god) is very

important and easy way to

attain self-realisation in the present world.

 

Aum Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

 

Hari Aum !!!