Showing posts with label silence (mauna). Show all posts
Showing posts with label silence (mauna). Show all posts
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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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Just being (summā irukkai) is not an activity but a state of perfect stillness

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A friend wrote to me recently asking, ‘Is there any way to ascertain whether the feeling of “I” is being attended to? Is it enough if the mi...
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Friday, 12 September 2014

Why did Sri Ramana teach a karma theory?

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This article is the second half of my explanation of the first verse of Upadēśa Undiyār , the first half of which I posted in my previous ar...
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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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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Japa of ‘I am’ as an aid to self-attentiveness

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After I wrote my previous article, ‘Holy indifference’ and the love to be self-attentive , a series of interesting comments have been posted...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Appala Pattu – an explanatory paraphrase

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In continuation of my previous four articles, which were explanatory paraphrases of Upadesa Undiyar , Ulladu Narpadu , Ulladu Narpadu Anuban...
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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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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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Tuesday, 6 March 2007

'I am' is the most appropriate name of God

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In a recent post, Contemplating 'I', which is the original name of God , I quoted verse 716 of Guru Vachaka Kovai and while explain...
Tuesday, 27 February 2007

The foundation of all our thoughts is our primal imagination that we are a body

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In chapter 3 of Happiness and the Art of Being (on pages 153-154 of the present e-book version) I have translated verse 2 of Anma-Viddai a...