RES: advaita vedanta, more info please

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Dear Cecelia,

 

Certainly the Self is withing, and teachers like Ramana say the Guru

is with as well.

 

IF you do not have an embodied teacher near, then:

 

Read works like Ramana's " Talks with Ramana Maharshi " and

Sankaras 'Crest Jewel of discimination.' Read as spiritual practice

not as a book with which to mentally engage.

 

Read (in small bits), reflect within yourself on the truth of what

you read, then meditate to see this truth within yourself.

 

Are there vedanta groups, or Ramana Maharshi groups in Brazil?

Finding like minded seekers with whom to associate is also good.

 

I also would recommend getting CDs of satsang from my teacher, Nome.

He realized the Self in the late 1970s, and has taught Ramana's

inquiry for many years. You can purchase CDs of satsangs for their

website, www.satramana.org. I actually do this myself, I listen to

them every day. Most can be listed to again and again.

 

And keep investigating your own indentity. What is it within yourself

that never changes? What is it that comes and goes? Can you be what

comes and goes? Who are you? Keep looking within. When the time is

right, a teacher will appear.

 

you can choose what brings you peace, and choose not to engage that

which brings mental agitation. Choose peace. And practice looking to

your own non-objective identity.

 

Certainly feel free to ask me questions about practice. That has been

the focus of my life for a number of years, and I have been blessed

with the depest teachings, again and again.

 

Not two,

Richard.

 

advaitin , " Cecilia " <martone wrote:

>

> Dear Richard

>

> How can I, living in Brasil where there is no Advaita living

teacher, how

> can I have a living teacher? I was told once that Ramana would be

with those

> who try to follow atma vichara and that is what I have been relying

upon.

> What do you think about it?

>

> Best

> Cecilia

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> Richard Clarke

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> Assunto: Re: advaita vedanta, more info please

>

>

> Dear Laksamanh,

>

> Advaita Vedanta, and Ramana Maharshi's self-inquiry have brought

me

> to where each day is mainly filled with peace - inner peace. And

the

> desire for deeper peace.

>

> The teaching is about what is closest to you - your Self. Seeing

who

> you are (what is always there) and who you are not (all that

changes)

> brings freedom and peace.

>

> I want to stress what Durga said, though. For most of us it very

> best - perhaps vital - that we find a living teacher, and a

teacher

> that stands as That, not as any individual. Without a teacher, we

are

> left with ego as teacher, and one view of the practice is the

> dissolution of the ego. How is the ego going to teach you how to

> dissolve the ego?

>

> One other thing about practice - you know without error if you are

> happy. We all seek happiness, and naturally want happiness that

> lasts. We also know that happiness from any thing is only

temporary.

> Look to see where happiness really comes from. Is it from things,

or

> people or events? Or is it something from within? You will find

that

> the more dissolution of the ego, the more natural happiness is

there.

>

> Good luck in your investigation. What you must do is to

investigate

> your own existence. You know you exist. Of this you are certain.

Just

> what is it that exists? Who are you? What is that nature of your

own

> existence? The questions you must investigate and answer within

> yourself.

>

> Not two,

> Richard

>

>

> advaitin , " Durga " <durgaji108@> wrote:

> >

> > advaitin , " phap44 " <phap44@> wrote:

> > >

> > > This will sound strange, it certainly is strange to me. Two

> nights ago

> > > I had a strange dream and heard this being specifically spoke

of

> > > advaita vedanta. What's odd is that I'm not hindu, I would say

> more

> > > new age. ...

> >

> > > Before I dwelve deeper on this view, I simply don't want more

> > > knowledge. I would really like practical knowledge.

> > >

> > > Therefore my question is, may I ask how advaita vedanta has

> benefitted

> > > your life?

> > >

> > > Thank you

> > >

> > > Laksamanh

> >

> > Namaste Laksamanh,

> >>

> > If you are interested in the subject of Advaita/Vedanta,

> > my advice would be, rather than reading a lot about

> > the subject on your own, it is better to seek out

> > a living teacher from within the tradition, because

> > that is how the subject is meant to be studied

> > and taught.

> >

> > Without a living teacher to guide your mind, you

> > may develop a lot of false understandings on the

> > subject, which you will then have to later shed.

> > >

> > Pranams,

> > Durga

> >

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