advaita is not dvaita or bliss! Bliss is bliss ......

[Guest guest]

My Own Peter :

 

Before taking off for the weekend , i just have to say this - " you

rock " ! Thanx for this inspirational post ! Also for that wonderful

quote by Ramana on Shankara in his introduction to the translation

of Atmabodha! Only a paramajnani recognizes another paramajnani ...

 

 

Peter , here are my own collection of Favorite Ramana quotes on

Happinees !

 

 

Happiness is your nature.

It is not wrong to desire it.

What is wrong is seeking it outside

when it is inside.

 

 

 

 

Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy

because nearly all do not know the true Self.

Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone.

All else is fleeting.

To know one's Self

is to be blissful always.

 

 

 

 

....Bliss is not something to be got.

On the other hand you are always Bliss.

This desire [for Bliss] is born of the sense of incompleteness.

To whom is this sense of incompleteness?

Enquire. In deep sleep you were blissful.

Now you are not so.

What has interposed between that Bliss and this non-bliss?

It is the ego.

Seek its source and find you are Bliss.

 

 

 

'That inner Self, as the primeval Spirit,

Eternal, ever effulgent, full and infinite Bliss,

Single, indivisible, whole and living,

Shines in everyone as the witnessing awareness.

That self in its splendour, shining in the cavity of the heart

This self is neither born nor dies,

Neither grows nor decays,

Nor does it suffer any change.

When a pot is broken, the space within it is not,

And similarly, when the body dies the Self in it remains eternal.

 

 

 

 

Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow;

and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due

to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to

realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily

experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep, it is essential

that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge the

inquiry 'Who am I?' in quest of the Self is the best means. "

 

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/Maharshi.html

 

Also, remember - you can take a horse to the water fountain to drink

but you cannot make it drink ... keep trying , though!

 

Once Again, Thanx Peter !

 

love and regards