Showing posts with label 1898 note for his mother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1898 note for his mother. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 April 2022

Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 4

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This is the fourth in a series of articles that I hope to write on Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai , Bhagavan willing, the completed ones bein...
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The nature of ego and its viṣaya-vāsanās and how to eradicate them

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A friend wrote to me about an experience that happened to him one evening in a particular set of circumstances: As I was walking home, my m...
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Friday, 18 December 2020

If everything is predestined, how can the law of karma be true?

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Last month a friend wrote to me posing two questions, ‘If everything is predestined, how can the law of karma be true? And if it is true, ho...
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Monday, 26 October 2020

How to practise surrender when faced with a dilemma?

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A friend wrote to me asking for some personal guidance regarding a dilemma he was facing, in which whatever choice he made would have a majo...
Monday, 24 August 2020

Praising or disparaging others is anātma-vicāra

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In a comment on 18 July 2020 at 11:27 I appealed to everyone writing comments on this blog: I have not had time to read most of the commen...
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Tuesday, 5 September 2017

If we choose to do any harmful actions, should we consider them to be done according to destiny (prārabdha)?

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In the comments on my previous article, The ego is a spurious entity, but an entity nonetheless, until we investigate it keenly enough to se...
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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Concern about fate and free will arises only when our mind is turned away from ourself

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What I wrote in one of my recent articles, Do we need to do anything at all? , triggered a discussion about the roles of destiny ( prārabdha...
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Saturday, 27 May 2017

Do we need to do anything at all?

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During a recent meeting of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK , which was recorded on the video 2017-05-13 Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK: dis...
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Saturday, 13 May 2017

How to avoid following or completing any thought whatsoever?

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A friend recently wrote to me: I have a question on self-investigation: I clearly understand that I do not have to complete any of my tho...
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Monday, 6 June 2016

Why should we rely on Bhagavan to carry all our burdens, both material and spiritual?

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In a comment on my previous article, What is the logic for believing that happiness is what we actually are? , a friend called Sandhya wrot...
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Monday, 8 February 2016

Why should we believe what Bhagavan taught us?

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In a comment on my previous article, Why do I believe that ātma-vicāra is the only direct means by which we can eradicate the illusion tha...
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Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Why do I believe that ātma-vicāra is the only direct means by which we can eradicate the illusion that we are this ego?

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In a comment on my previous article, Thought of oneself will destroy all other thoughts , an anonymous friend asked me ‘a couple of blunt a...
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Friday, 5 September 2014

The karma theory as taught by Sri Ramana

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Since I started my website one of my long-standing aims has been to include in it detailed and explanatory translations of all of Sri Raman...
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Friday, 21 January 2011

How to avoid creating fresh karma (āgāmya)?

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In a reply that I wrote to one of the comments on my previous article, Second and third person objects , I wrote: Whatever we experience in...
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