Showing posts with label Ēkāṉma Pañcakam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ēkāṉma Pañcakam. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 January 2020

What does Bhagavan mean by the term ‘mind’?

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In a comment on my previous article, Self-investigation is the only means by which we can surrender ourself entirely and thereby eradicate ...
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Sunday, 15 December 2019

Why do we need to distinguish ourself as ego from whatever person we seem to be?

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A friend recently wrote a comment saying ‘I cannot easily see the importance of stressing the necessity of a clear distinction between ego ...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2019

The ultimate truth is ajāta, but because we seem to have risen as ego and consequently perceive a world, Bhagavan, Gaudapada and Sankara teach us primarily from the perspective of vivarta vāda

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In several comments on one of my recent articles, Whatever jñāna we believe we see in anyone else is false , there was a discussion about a...
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Friday, 22 March 2019

Is it possible to have a ‘direct but temporary experience of the self’ or to watch the disappearance of the I-thought?

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Last year a friend wrote to me saying that it seems distortions and misinterpretations of Bhagavan’s teachings are inevitable, and that nowa...
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

What is the correct meaning of ‘Be in the now’?

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A friend recently wrote to me asking whether Bhagavan’s teachings can be compared to those of Zen masters such as ‘Be in the now’, ‘Mindfuln...
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Sunday, 30 December 2018

Which is a more reasonable and useful explanation: dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi-vāda or sṛṣṭi-dṛṣṭi-vāda?

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In a series of two comments on one of my recent articles, Everything depends for its seeming existence on the seeming existence of ourself ...
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Thursday, 4 January 2018

In what sense does Bhagavan generally use the terms பொருள் (poruḷ) and வஸ்து (vastu)?

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In my previous article, Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu first maṅgalam verse: what exists is only thought-free awareness, which is called ‘heart’, so being...
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017

What is aware of the absence of the ego and mind in sleep?

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A friend wrote to me today asking: If pure awareness simply is and is not aware of anything else because only it exists, and the ego is not...
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016

We are aware of ourself while asleep, so pure self-awareness alone is what we actually are

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In many of my articles in this blog, including my most recent one, The role of logic in developing a clear, coherent and uncomplicated under...
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Friday, 8 August 2014

We must experience what is, not what merely seems to be

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In a comment on one of my recent articles, How to attend to ‘I’? , Palaniappan Chidambaram asked: ‘Is being completely present to what is t...
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Monday, 22 June 2009

Ekatma Panchakam – an explanatory paraphrase

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In continuation of my previous three articles, Upadesa Undiyar – an explanatory paraphrase , Ulladu Narpadu – an explanatory paraphrase a...
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Thursday, 28 May 2009

Ekatma Vivekam – the kalivenba version of Ekatma Panchakam

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Sri Ramana composed many of his Tamil works — such as Ulladu Narpadu , Ekatma Panchakam , Devikalottara – Jnanachara-Vichara-Padalam , Atma ...
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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Sri Ramanopadesa Nunmalai — English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James

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In a post that I wrote on September 25th of last year, Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam — English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael Jam...
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Wednesday, 5 September 2007

Guru Vachaka Kovai – e-book

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Yesterday I added an e-book copy of Guru Vachaka Kovai (English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and me) to my main website, Happiness of Being...
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Sunday, 29 July 2007

Our real self can reveal itself only through silence

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As I wrote at the end of my previous post, Happiness and the Art of Being – additions to chapter 5 , on page 339 of the second e-book editi...
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Saturday, 28 July 2007

Happiness and the Art of Being – additions to chapter 5

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In the forthcoming printed edition of Happiness and the Art of Being , chapter 5, ‘What is True Knowledge?’, I have incorporated eight new ...
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Friday, 27 July 2007

Happiness and the Art of Being – additions to chapter 2

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As I wrote in my last post, Happiness and the Art of Being will soon be available in print , I have written various new explanations, which...
Saturday, 17 February 2007

Only the absolute clarity of true self-knowledge will put an end to all our dreams

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In continuation of my earlier posts Our imaginary sleep of self-forgetfulness or self-ignorance , Are we in this world, or is this world in ...
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007

Our waking life is just another dream

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In continuation of my earlier posts Our imaginary sleep of self-forgetfulness or self-ignorance and Are we in this world, or is this world ...
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Are we in this world, or is this world in us?

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In continuation of my earlier post Our imaginary sleep of self-forgetfulness or self-ignorance , the following is more of the additional mat...
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