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Let us compare some Zen teachings with that of Advaita Vedanta and Sri Ramana Maharshi. Hui Hai was one of the great Ch'an (Zen) masters from the 8th Century CE. This excerpt is taken from Hui Hai's Text on the Importance of Sudden Enlightenment, Dialogue 2. I have interspersed quotes from Ramana Maharshi and Shankara

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Temple of Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. Ramana Maharshi was born Venkataraman Iyer on 30 December 1879 in the village Tiruchuzhi near Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar District in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the second of four children in an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family. His father was Sundaram Iyer (1848-1890), from the lineage of Parashara, and his

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Here is what Ramana said about the Buddha and Self-Realisation: Ramana Maharshi, according to verse 568 of the Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad, states that the Buddha's Nirvana is the same as the Self-Realisation that Ramana speaks of: 568. Guru [Ramana] has said that the state of nirvana that was taught by Buddha to be the state in which

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In 1947 was the first I had seen or heard of Ramana Maharshi. I had always wanted to go to India and I was searching for a guru. I had stopped here, there, and everyplace, and I finally ended up at Sri Aurobindo's Ashram in Pondicherry, where someone said: "I think you might be looking for Ramana Maharshi, in Tiruvannamalai."

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Ramana Maharshi (born Dec. 30, 1879, Madurai, Madras states, India—died April 14, 1950, Tiruvannamalai) was a Hindu philosopher and yogi called "Great Master," "Bhagavan" (the Lord), and "the Sage of Arunachala," whose position on monism (the identity of the individual soul and the creator of souls) and maya (illusion) parallels that of Shankara (c. 700-750).

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Soon after his mother's arrival, Ramana moved from Virupaksa to Skandasramam, a little higher up the hill. The mother received training in intense spiritual life. She donned the ochre robe, and took charge of the Ashrama kitchen. Nagasundaram too became a sannyasin, assuming the name Niranjanananda.

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Sri Sadhu Om (1922-1985), sometimes known as Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal, spent 4 years with Sri Ramana Maharshi from 1946 until Ramana's death in 1950. He was regarded by many other direct devotees as both Self-Realised and an authority on Ramana Maharshi's teachings. Sri Muruganar, one of the few devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi who Sri Ramana

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the Talks , Maharshi´s Gospel´, Be As You Are and other collec-tions of talks as given in the bibliography. The Path of Self-Enquiry Although Sri Ramana Maharshi was a spiritual master of the high-est order, his teaching contains nothing which is new of itself. It belongs to the tradition of the Hindu Advaita-Vedanta , in which he

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Upon reaching Arunachala, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi sought refuge in the Virupaksha Cave located on the eastern slope of the mountain. For several weeks, he immersed himself in intense meditation and self-inquiry, following the teachings of Vedanta and the path of Advaita. It was during this period that Swami underwent a profound transformation.

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The thinker Ramana Maharshi believed that our ego, which can be called 'ahamkara' in the ancient language of Sanskrit, is like a mistake in how we see the world. We think we are separate from everything else, and this causes a lot of pain and confusion. The ego creates a false sense of 'me' that is different from 'you,' leading to a

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Identifier-ark. ark:/13960/t9g51693p. Ocr. ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ppi. 300. Scanner. Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. This contains the essential teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

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On October 1, 1949, at the age of 24, less than six and a half months before Ramana's death, Laskshmana fully realized the Self in the presence of the Maharshi, the last person, east or west, known to have done so. (see) There are all kinds of people teaching in the west that claim themselves as direct descendants in the lineage of Sri Ramana

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Sri Ramana Maharshi was born on the 30th of December, 1879 and entered mahasamadhi on the 14th of April, 1950, over 60 years ago. The Maharshi's first devotees started showing up as early as 1900. In 1911 Frank H. Humphreys was Sri Ramana's first western disciple. Now, all these years later, out of all of the hundreds of devotees and disciples

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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi (avoid the dumbed-down Inner Directions version, Sri Ramana Gita, Zen Teaching of Huang Po, Teachings of Tibetan Yoga, Some Sayings of the Buddha According to the Pali Canon, The Knee of Listening, The Method of the Siddhas, First and Last Freedom, The Philosophy of Sadhana, The Cycle of Day and Night. Reply

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"Within an hour of his face-to-face meeting with Sri Bhagavan, his mental barriers were reduced to nothingness." The above quote stating "his mental barriers were reduced to nothingness" with the "HIS" in the quote meaning me, the Wanderling, is found in FACE TO FACE WITH SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI, Enchanting and Uplifting Reminiscences of 202 Persons (2009) as compiled by Laxmi Narain and available

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Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is one of the greatest sages of modern India. He was a living embodiment of pure consciousness, the one ultimate reality as expounded by Hinduism's Advaita Vedanta philosophy.. As a young boy of 16, he was drawn to the South Indian town of Tiruvannamalai by the power of Arunachala, the town's holy hill of jnana (knowledge).

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Sri Ramana Maharshi, Guru Vachaka Kovai, verse 647. Because that state is taught by silence, and also because it is attained by remaining in silence, it is called silence. The sage is in silence always, even when he speaks. Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad, verse 539. Further teachings on this by Huang Po from the Wan Ling record:

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Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, Maha Yoga, Maharshi Gospel, My Life and Quest, Ramana Leela, Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge, Ramana Smrti, Ramana's Arunachala-Ocean of Grace Divine, Reflections on Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi,

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Sri Ramana Maharshi died on April 14, 1950, some 60 years ago. In 1911 Frank H. Humphreys was Sri Ramana's first western disciple. In 1911 Frank H. Humphreys was Sri Ramana's first western disciple. Now, all these years later, out of all of the hundreds and hundreds of westerners who interacted with the Maharshi, only a handful of individuals

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March 14 - Maharshi was taken to open the new big Hall attached to the temple. Being too weak to turn the colossal key of the door, a young stapati turned it for him. He went to the inner temple and helped over the short flight of steps and made to touch the stone Sri Chakra, the symbol of the Creative Power latent in the Formless Spirit (Chit).

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The Ten most important verses of Shankara's Vivekachudamani according to Sri Ramana Maharshi. Contrary to what some say about Sri Ramana Maharshi, he was very well-versed in the traditional Vedanta Scriptures including the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Brahma Sutras and Shankara's Commentaries upon these, often quoting verses verbatim by memory.

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Zen koans are magic. We begin with one that's commonly known - the sound of one hand clapping. Let's figure this one out together. ‎Emisiunea unMind - the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, ep. The sound of ONE hand clapping part 1 - 6 dec. 2023

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96 likes, 4 comments - satsang_mastergualberto on June 24, 2024: "Ramana Maharshi: There is no use removing doubts. If we clear one doubt another arises and there will be no end of doubts. All doubts will cease only when the doubter and his source have been found. Seek for the source of the doubter, and you find he is really nonexistent. Doubter ceasing, doubts will cease. Book: Talk with Sri

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For those who are fearful of the world, Sri Ramana gives the following even more radical advice in the same text, verse 28: 28. Ye who in fear shrink from the world, know that the place has no existence.Fear of this phenomenal world is like being frightened by a rope mistaken by you for a snake.