From the Garland of Guru's Sayings -WHO TRANSLATION Contd.

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These quotations are from Sri Muruganar's book, Guru-Ramana- Vachana-Mala or The

Garland of Guru's Sayings by " Who " Sri K.L.Sarma and is published by Sri

Ramanasram

 

Note: These are some of the utterances of Sri Bhagavan and recorded by Sri

Muruganar, before and after his Self Realisation through Sri Ramana's Grace.

There are several translations.

 

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> Verse 153. You are

> not the physical body, nor the vital energies, nor sense

> organs, nor the mind, nor the reasoning faculty, nor the

> ego, when the Original Sin, which consists

> in identifying oneself with (any of) these, is given up.

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> These quotations are from Sri Muruganar's book,

> Guru-Ramana- Vachana-Mala or The Garland of Guru's Sayings

> by " Who " Sri K.L.Sarma and is published by Sri Ramanasram

>

> Note: These are some of the utterances of Sri Bhagavan and

> recorded by Sri Muruganar, before and after his Self

> Realisation through Sri Ramana's Grace.

> There are several translations.

 

Verse 154.

 

The mind is led to perfect quiescence in the Heart through the Quest of the

Real Self-- in the form of (the question) " Who am I? " --when the world-appearance

ceases. That Being, which then shines as " I AM, " is the Real Self.

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA-VACHANA-MALA

 

 

Verse 154

 

The mind is led to perfect quiescence in the Heart through the Quest of the Real

Self in the form of, the question 'Who Am I? when the world appearance eases.

That Being which then shines as 'I AM' is thy Real Self.

 

Verse 155.

 

After understanding the above substance of the teaching of the

Vedanta, (see verse 154) which is very subtle, one should

engage in the Quest of the Real Self, in order to win

Liberation through quiescence of the mind.

 

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> These quotations are from Sri Muruganar's book,

> Guru-Ramana- Vachana-Mala or The Garland of Guru's Sayings

> by " Who " Sri K.L.Sarma and is published by Sri Ramanasram

>

> Note: These are some of the utterances of Sri Bhagavan and

> recorded by Sri Muruganar, before and after his Self

> Realisation through Sri Ramana's Grace.

> There are several translations.

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Verse 156. All human thoughts are strung upon the thread of the thought " I am

(this) body " ; all thoughts (therefore) will cease if one dives into the Heart,

seeking (the practical answer to the question) " Who am I? " or " From whence is

this I? "

 

 

> This quotation is from Sri Muruganar's book,

> Guru-Ramana- Vachana-Mala or The Garland of Guru's Sayings

> by " Who " Sri K.L.Sarma and is published by Sri Ramanasram

>

> Note: These are some of the utterances of Sri Bhagavan and

> recorded by Sri Muruganar, before and after his Self

> Realisationthrough Sri Ramana's Grace. There are several translations.

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

Verse 157. If all the thought-waves of the mind become stilled, then the Truth

of oneself (the Real Self) shines forth of itself as " I-I, " the ego dies and

happiness is patent (or obvious).

 

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This quotation is from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, " published

by Sri Ramanasramam

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Thess quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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Verse 158. The Resolve to see the Real Self in the Heart, by mind concentrated

on the question, " Who am I? " , is the Quest, but not an intellectual conviction

(about the Self) reached by reasoning.

 

Verse 159. This State (of Self-Realization) cannot be attained by any method,

aside from the Quest in the Heart -- neither by lots of action, nor

breath-regulation, nor any other device (e.g., mantra).

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Thess quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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> Verse 160. Though

> stillness of the mind may result from breath-regulation or

> other such practice, the mind is not finally stilled (by any of these) as it

is by

> the Quest of the Truth of oneself.

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Thess quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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Verse 161: Without the inquiry into the true nature of " the doer, " and so on,

they speak of paths of four kinds in the world, namely the Yogas of action and

so forth, for the doer, the one that is sundered (from God), the one that is

bereaved (of the Self), and the one that is (conscious of being) ignorant, (19)

(and aspires to right knowledge).

 

Footnote(19) The four diverse paths, karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, and

Jnana Yoga, are prescribed in the assumptions that the follower is naturally a

doer of actions, a being separated from God, a being fallen from the State of

Perfection, or one actually ignorant; these assumptions are wrong, and will be

seen to be so, if the follower of the path first follows the method of the Quest

taught here. How this must be so is explained in the next sentence. (Continued

on Wednesday, April 22)

 

 

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--- On Wed, 22/4/09, alanadamsjacobs <alanadamsjacobs wrote:

alanadamsjacobs <alanadamsjacobs Re: From the Garland of Guru's Sayings -WHO TRANSLATION Contd. Date: Wednesday, 22 April, 2009, 3:28 AM

 

 

FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~Thess quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by "Who," published by Sri Ramanasramam ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~Verse 161: Without the inquiry into the true nature of "the doer," and so on, they speak of paths of four kinds in the world, namely the Yogas of action and so forth, for the doer, the one that is sundered (from God), the one that is bereaved (of the Self), and the one that is (conscious of being) ignorant, (19) (and aspires to right knowledge).Footnote(19) The four diverse paths, karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Jnana Yoga, are prescribed in the assumptions that the follower is naturally a doer of actions, a being separated from God, a being fallen from the State of Perfection, or one actually ignorant; these assumptions are

wrong, and will be seen to be so, if the follower of the path first follows the method of the Quest taught here. How this must be so is explained in the next sentence. (Continued on Wednesday, April 22)~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Thess quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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Verse 162: (Continued from Tuesday, April 21)

 

The State of being the Real Self, which is won by the Quest " Who is the doer? "

or " Who is the separated one? " or " Who is the fallen one? " or " Who is the

ignorant one? " is itself all the (four) paths.

 

 

 

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Theis quotation is from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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> Verse 164: Understand that the conviction that the universe

> has its being in the infinite sky of consciousness, namely

> the Self, is the firm seat for practicing mental peace.

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FROM THE GURU-RAMANA- VACHANA-MALA

 

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Verse 165: So long as the ego is alive, the complexes of threes (e.g., seer,

seeing, seen, etc.,) also appear; one should persevere in the practice (of the

Quest) so long as (all) these complexes appear.

 

 

Theis quotation is from the book, Guru--Ramana- -Vachana- -Mala by " Who, "

published by Sri Ramanasramam

 

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