The Maharshi of Arunachala (Surpassing Love And Grace)
“As one with feigned enthusiasm and joy, with feigned excitement and hatred, as one taking feigned initiative and making a feigned effort, play in the world, O Raghava, the Hero!”
Who Am I ? (At the Feet of Bhagavan -30)
I am the Self (atman). I am Being-Consciousness. Being is my nature. I am the Self-aware Witness- Consciousness. I have no identity with the three states — waking, dream and sleep; they pass and re-pass in my presence. I am the Knower of Reality; I have my identity...Seekers And “Seekers” (Surpassing Love And Grace)
The ‘Seekers’ do not seem to have learned the meaning of humility, which is the foremost virtue of a sadhaka. For the mind turned bright by its own purity cannot but rightly assess the difficulties of the task ahead and the relentless fight to be put up in the ups and downs of the long and arduous road. A pure seeker allows no outward appearance to cloud his judgement, but gratefully seeks the help of senior and more experienced sadhakas.
Where is the Divine World ? (At the Feet of Bhagavan -29)
When studying the Upanishads in my early days, I always visualised the Divine Abode in the Sun God and was performing the practices enjoined in certain texts. Even later, after settling at the abode of Sri Maharshi, I continued this practice (upasana). It proved very...How the “Five Hymns to Arunachala” came about (At the Feet of bhagavan-28)
To be calm and know “I AM THAT I AM”, is really Bhagavan’s one work. The inmost core, the Heart, the Divine shining all alone as ‘I-I’, the Self-aware, is He. This centre simply IS; It is all Knowledge and all Bliss. It is from here that...Ramanashram Today (Surpassing Love And Grace)
“The Guru is not the physical form, so contact will remain even after his physical form vanishes.”