http://technorati.com/tag/atma+vichara Posts tagged with "atma vichara" on Technorati Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:36 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/atma+vichara support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 atma vichara http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-cognising-within.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-cognising-within.html Thu, 15 May 2008 04:47:51 -0700 Two very similar verses: bhidyate hrdayagranthiSchidyante sarvasamSayAh | kshIyante cAsya karmANi tasmin dRshTa evAtmanISvare || The knot of the Heart is rent asunder, all doubts are removed and fruitive actions are destroyed, when one recognises, within, none other than the Self as master. (Bhagavata Purana, 1.2.21) bhidyate hrdayagranthih chidyante sarvasamSayAh| kshIyante cAsya karmANi tasmin dRshTe parAvare || When he recognises him, all-comprising (Brahman), the knot of the Heart is un 2008-05-15 04:47:51 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-cognising-within.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/cutting-knot-of-heart.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/cutting-knot-of-heart.html Wed, 14 May 2008 08:51:58 -0700 I just received an email from a friend asking about cutting the heart knot. Here are a few notes and quotes: --------- 9th April 1947 (Suri Nagamma's Letters) Question: “The expression ‘hridaya granthi bhedanam’ occurs in Sri Ramana Gita. What is meant by it?” Answer: “That is what I say, ‘going away’, ‘exit’, ‘extinction of all vasanas’, destruction of the ego’, ‘I’, ‘destruction of jivathva’, ‘destruction of the mind’, and so many other names. All mean the same thing — mano nasanam (destruct 2008-05-14 08:51:58 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/cutting-knot-of-heart.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/they-came-here-to-try-and-undermine.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/they-came-here-to-try-and-undermine.html Mon, 12 May 2008 02:20:04 -0700 [an opinion from the editor of Acalayoga Blog] Blandness appears to have overcome sections of the Ramana community - a blandness bordering on indifference. In the past few weeks I have had the proverb "live and let live" thrown at me from various quarters. While this is undoubtedly an admirable way to go through life [and one that I agree with wholeheartedly] - i.e. to tolerate the opinions of others and for them to tolerate your opinions - it does not mean that one should not point out simple 2008-05-12 02:20:04 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/they-came-here-to-try-and-undermine.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/fire-from-wood.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/fire-from-wood.html Wed, 07 May 2008 01:57:17 -0700 It is one thing to believe beyond a doubt that fire exists in wood, but it is quite another to get the fire from the wood, cook rice with its help, appease one's hunger, and so be satisfied. These are two entirely different things. (Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, 1977; 624) Of all the means to liberation, knowledge is the only direct one — as essential as fire to cooking; without it, liberation cannot be gained. (Atma Bodha 2; in Collected Works) Having taken hold of the rope of knowledge one shou 2008-05-07 01:57:17 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/fire-from-wood.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-am-brahman-means.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-am-brahman-means.html Fri, 02 May 2008 05:29:49 -0700 Day by Day, 22. 3. 46 [Swami Sambuddhananda of Sri Ramakrishna Mission...] asked, “What is the best means for Self realisation?” Bhagavan: ‘I exist’ is the only permanent, self-evident experience of everyone. Nothing else is so self-evident (pratyaksha) as ‘I am’. What people call ‘self-evident’ viz., the experience they get through the senses, is far from selfevident. The Self alone is that. Pratyaksha is another name for the Self. So, to do Self-analysis and be ‘I am’ is the only thing to do. 2008-05-02 05:29:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-am-brahman-means.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/ego-sense-arose-in-heart-explained.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/ego-sense-arose-in-heart-explained.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:13 -0700 Bhagavan used to say that the ego-sense arose in the Heart. This Heart is not the physical organ or even one of the Yogic Chakras but a point about one and a half inches to the right from the middle of the chest. Some people pretended that Self-realization was to be found at that point. But how is that possible? Can there be a physical spot where Realization is located? Surely it is all-enveloping. The idea is that when a Sadhu returns from a state of deep Samadhi, the first point of outer consc 2008-04-15 09:57:13 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/ego-sense-arose-in-heart-explained.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/u-g-krishnamurti-on-natural-state.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/u-g-krishnamurti-on-natural-state.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:11:13 -0700 Get this straight, this is your state I am describing, your natural state, not my state or the state of a God-realized man or a mutant or any such thing. This is your natural state, but what prevents what is there from expressing itself in its own way is your reaching out for something, trying to be something other than what you are. ... What is keeping you from being in your natural state? You are constantly moving away from yourself. You want to be happy, either permanently or at least for thi 2008-04-14 02:11:13 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/u-g-krishnamurti-on-natural-state.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-was-means-becomes-goal.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-was-means-becomes-goal.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:13:51 -0700 An Acalayoga blog reader kindly left a comment recently regarding mantra japa. This morning I came across this little gem from Bhagavan. 6-6-46, Day by Day In the afternoon G.V.S. asked, “What is the difference between manasa japa and dhyana?” Bhagavan: They are the same. In both, the mind is concentrated on one thing, the mantra or the Self. Mantra, japa, dhyana — are only different names. So long as they require effort we call them by these names, but when the Self is realized this goes on w 2008-04-12 16:13:51 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-was-means-becomes-goal.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-did-you-enter.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-did-you-enter.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:17:07 -0700 I came across an interesting talk in Day by Day today. It is a clear "dvAram" reference. ;) Visitor: I am asked to find out the source of ‘I’, and in fact that is what I want to find out, but how can I? What is the source from which I came? Bhagavan: You came from the same source in which you were during sleep. Only during sleep you couldn’t know where you entered; that is why you must make the enquiry while waking. Some of us advised the visitor to read Who am I? and Ramana Gita and Bhagavan 2008-04-11 08:17:07 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-did-you-enter.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/question-who-am-i-has-no-answer.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/question-who-am-i-has-no-answer.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:57:18 -0700 The question 'Who am I' has no answer. No experience can answer it, for the Self is beyond experience. ... It has no answer in consciousness and, therefore, helps to go beyond consciousness. All I can say truly is: 'I am', all else is inference. But the inference has become a habit. Destroy all habits of thinking and seeing. The sense 'I am' is the manifestation of a deeper cause, which you may call self, God, reality or by any other name. The 'I am' is in the world; but it is the key which can 2008-04-11 03:57:18 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/question-who-am-i-has-no-answer.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/vichara-quest.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/vichara-quest.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:51:32 -0700 Giving up the unreal claim on reality of the body and mind, the sadhaka should fix the mind on the individual "I"-sense, which, although unreal, appears to be superimposed on the eternally present substratum of the real Self. The question "Who am I?" or "Whence is this I?" is the means. If during this quest, the mind turns outwards again, predicating on this or that, the sadhaka should ask "to whom do these thoughts occur?" and thus move back to the primary quest or simply surrender the dream to 2008-04-08 04:51:32 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/vichara-quest.html 4 6 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/non-duality-and-action.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/non-duality-and-action.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:12:30 -0700 The truth of Non-Duality is to be only meditated upon by the mind; do not do any action from belief in Non-Duality; the idea of Non-Duality is fit to be cherished in respect of all things whatsoever, but not with respect to the Guru. (Guru Ramana Vachana Mala, 209) Sri K. Lakshmana Sarma's footnote to this verse notes that "the teaching that in the transcendental state, where the ego is not, there is only One Pure Consciousness, is given as an antidote to the superstition that duality is real, 2008-04-06 06:12:30 PDT http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/04/non-duality-and-action.html 4 6 http://badrinath.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html http://badrinath.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:36:12 -0700 When I questioned Sri.David Godman as to whether all these realized beings are suffering from a syndrome, a disease that they think is the self and realization and if there really exists a god. He gave an interesting reply. He said Bhagwan in general never spoke of god or realization all he said was, your understanding of who you are is incorrect, you are not what you think you are, for in deep sleep too you exists and yet this ego of yours is unaware of you. Bhagwan said this true you can be 2008-04-02 08:36:12 PDT http://technorati.com/search/badrinath.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html 2 2 http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2008/03/73.html http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2008/03/73.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:04:51 -0700 28. August 1946 Heute früh fragte ein Herr aus Andhra Pradesh Bhagavan: „Du sagst, dass es wichtig ist zu erkunden und herauszufinden, wer man ist, aber wie soll man das herausfinden? Sollen wir Japa üben und immerfort sagen: ‚Wer bin ich?’ Wer bin ich?’ oder sollen wir ständig wiederholen ‚Nicht dies, nicht das’ (Neti, Neti)[1]? Swami, ich möchte die genaue Methode wissen.“ Nach einer Weile erwiderte Bhagavan: „Was gibt es da herauszufinden? Wer soll etwas herausfinden? Es muss einen Jemand ge 2008-03-15 10:04:51 PDT http://technorati.com/search/surinagamma.blogspot.com/2008/03/73.html 0 0 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-seer-no-time-no-space.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-seer-no-time-no-space.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:11:13 -0800 On 10-4-46 a letter was read out to Maharshi which said... "that seeing Brahman alone in everything and everywhere is jnanottara bhakti. With reference to this, Bhagavan said, “This is a matter of mere words, whether you call the stage of seeing only Brahman, jnanottara bhakti or bhakti-uttara jnana. In reality, saying ‘We must see Brahman in everything and everywhere’ is also not quite correct. Only that stage is final, where there is no seeing, where there is no time or space. There will be no 2008-01-07 15:11:13 PST http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-seer-no-time-no-space.html 4 6 http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/37-brief-befreiung-moksha-im-krper.html http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/37-brief-befreiung-moksha-im-krper.html Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:14:08 -0800 20. Februar 1946 Vor etwa einer Woche fragte ein Neuankömmling Bhagavan: „Ist es möglich, die Befreiung (Moksha) zu erlangen, während man noch in diesem Körper weilt?“ Bhagavan antwortete: „Was ist Moksha? Wer erlangt sie? Wenn es keine Bindung gibt, wie kann es dann Befreiung geben? Wer ist gebunden?“ „Ich“, antwortete der Frager. „Wer bist du? Wie kommt es, dass du gebunden bist? Und warum? Wenn du das weißt, dann können wir darüber nachdenken, ob man Moksha in diesem Körper erlangen kann.“, 2007-12-31 08:14:08 PST http://technorati.com/search/surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/37-brief-befreiung-moksha-im-krper.html 0 0 http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2007/12/real-self-can-never-become-object.html http://acalayoga.blogspot.com/2007/12/real-self-can-never-become-object.html Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:15:51 -0800 The truth of Namaskara also is only the perfect giving up of the egosense. Right Awareness, self-surrender and Namaskar, all these three are one and the same. ||267|| Thus it is shown that God does not become an object of vision. Neither does He become an object of knowledge. As God does not become an object of vision, neither does He become an object of knowledge. Since He transcends the mind, the mind will know Him (if at all) only wrongly. ||268|| Since the Real Self, who is consciousness, 2007-12-29 06:15:51 PST http://technorati.com/search/acalayoga.blogspot.com/2007/12/real-self-can-never-become-object.html 4 6 http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/33-brief-astrale-pfade-hhere-welten.html http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/33-brief-astrale-pfade-hhere-welten.html Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:57:44 -0800 31. Januar 1946 Bhagavan hatte heute früh einen Zeitungsartikel über Pfade jenseits der Sonne und höhere Welten gelesen. Er meinte: „Sie schreiben eine Menge über Pfade, die jenseits der Sonne und der anderen Planeten sind und über die seligen Welten über ihnen. Aber all diese Welten sind wie diese Welt. Es ist nichts besonders Großartiges an ihnen. Ein Lied wird über das Radio übertragen. Beim letzten Mal kam es aus Madras, heute kommt es aus Tiruchirapalli. Wenn du das Radio erneut anschaltes 2007-12-28 13:57:44 PST http://technorati.com/search/surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/33-brief-astrale-pfade-hhere-welten.html 0 0 http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/11/11-brief-nimm-den-weg-den-du-gekommen.html http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/11/11-brief-nimm-den-weg-den-du-gekommen.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:07:08 -0800 2. Dezember 1945 Bei einer anderen Gelegenheit fragte ein junger Mann aus Andhra Pradesh Bhagavan: „Swami, da ich ein großes Verlangen nach der Befreiung (Moksha) habe und den Weg dorthin unbedingt kennen möchte, habe ich alle möglichen Bücher über Vedanta gelesen. Jedes von ihnen beschreibt den Weg, aber immer anders. Ich habe auch viele Gelehrte besucht, und wenn ich sie danach fragte, empfahl mir jeder einen anderen Weg. Das hat mich verwirrt, und deshalb bin ich zu dir gekommen. Bitte sage 2007-12-25 15:07:08 PST http://technorati.com/search/surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/11/11-brief-nimm-den-weg-den-du-gekommen.html 0 0 http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/17-brief-woher-weit-du-dass-du-nichts.html http://surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/17-brief-woher-weit-du-dass-du-nichts.html Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:06:34 -0800 31. Dezember 1945 Anfang letzten Monats kam ein Reisender zum Arunachala, um nach zwei oder drei Tagen wieder fortzugehen und anderswo Essen und Unterkunft zu suchen nach dem Motto: „Essen in Pilgerherbergen und Schlafen in Klöstern“. Dennoch war er einige Tage hier, um das Glück zu genießen, bei Bhagavan zu sein und seinen Darshan zu empfangen. Bevor er die Stadt verließ, kam er zögernd zu ihm und fragte demütig: „Swami, die Leute, die hier bei dir sitzen, fragen dich immer irgendetwas und du 2007-12-25 15:06:34 PST http://technorati.com/search/surinagamma.blogspot.com/2007/12/17-brief-woher-weit-du-dass-du-nichts.html 0 0