Guest guest Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 Dear Group, The retreat I attended recently had as its focus for the last two days, " Upadesa Saram. " Each verse was read in Sanskrit, then Nome read from his own unpublished translation, and commented carefully on each verse. The last 15 verses (16 - 30) deal directly with Self-Knowledge, and seem to me to give Ramana's teaching in a very short form. They are very worthwhile to read, reflect and deeply meditate upon to make them yours. What I post here is from http://namastetotheone.blogspot.com/2006/04/upadesa-saram.html 16.When the mind, giving up the knowledge of the external objects through the five senses, realizes its own effulgent form, that is true wisdom. 17. When the true nature of the mind is watched interruptedly (without pramaad or nidra, it transpires that) there is no such thing as mind. This is the direct path for all. 18. The mind is merely a bundle of thoughts, the thought of all thoughts. 'I am the body' is the foremost. Therefore, the mind is only the thought, ' i am this body'. (I do not know what pramaad or nidra mean. Perhaps someone more learned can tell us this). -------------- Not two, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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