It was that current or force or center that constituted my personality, that kept me acting, moving etc.
So the question arose in me, “What was this ‘I’?” I felt that it was a force or current working, despite the rigidity or activity of the body, though existing in connection with it. I stretched myself like a corpse, and it seemed to me that my body had actually become rigid-“I” was not dead-“I” was on the other hand conscious of being alive, in existence. He provided the following description of this event: Sixteen, Venkataraman for no apparent reason was overwhelmed by a sudden, India, into an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family. The reader canįind therein 160 photographs documenting the span of Ramana Maharshi’sĪrunachala was born as Venkataraman Iyer, in what is now Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, Also, included in this volume is aįoreword by Eliot Deutsch, a leading authority on Hindu thought. Natarajan combines biographical material gathered from direct sources and theĮssential teachings of Ramana Maharshi. He embodied what is known as the sanātana dharma or “eternal religion” that is found at the heart of each of the world’s religions. This was often his preferred method of instruction in order to transmit to the human being in his company the essence of non-duality or Advaita Vedānta. His teachings were many times taught in silence. He assisted individuals to inquire into the deepest truths and did so using very few words. He was revered by millions of people around the world because his teachings transcend all forms of religious exclusivism and are not limited to Hindu spirituality, as people of all faiths and walks of life came to sit in his presence. Śrī Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), known as the Sage of Arunachala, was a spiritual paragon of the twentieth century. That alone is true realization, wherein one knows oneself in relation to that Reality, attains peace and realizes one’s identity with it. Under whatever name and form one may worship the Absolute Reality, it is only a means for realizing It without name and form.
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