Q: I meditate neti-neti (not this - not this).
A: No - that is not meditation. Find the source.
You must reach the source without fail. The
false "I" will disappear and the real "I" will be
realised. The former cannot exist apart from
the latter.

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

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Mein Gott, mein Gott, in jeder Sekunde geschieht
irgend etwas Unsägliches auf Erden - und die
Menschen wollen es nicht anders, und die Menschen
wollen es nicht anders. Denn sonst würden sie ihr
Leben anders einrichten, sonst würden diese
Schmetterlinge endlich Ernst zu machen versuchen.
Christian Morgenstern

A: How to realise the Heart?
Q: There is no one who even for a moment fails
to experience the Self. For no one admits that
ever stands apart from the Self. He is the Self.
The Self is the Heart.

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

Q: Some say, that one should practise meditation on gross objects only. It may be disastrous if one constantly seeks to kill the mind.
A: For whom is it disastrous? Can there be disaster apart from the self? Unbroken "I", "I" is the infinite ocean. The ego, the "I"-thought, remains only a bubble on it and is called jiva or individual soul. The bubble too is water for when it bursts it only mixes in the ocean. When it remains a bubble it is still a part of the ocean. Ignorant of this simple truth, innumerable methods under different denominations, such as yoga, bhakti, karma, each again with many denominations, are being taught with great skill and in intricate detail only to entice the seekers and confuse their minds. So also are religions and sects and dogmas. What are they all for? Only for knowing the Self. They are aids and practices required for knowing the Self.
Objects perceived by the senses are spoken of as immediate knowledge (pratyaksha) Can anything be as direct as the Self - always experienced without the aid of the senses? Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge, and that is the common experience of one and all. No aids are needed to know one's own Self.

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

Q: Can one concentrate at one time on one centre and at another time on another or should one concentrate always consistently on the same centre?
A: As I have just said, there can be no harm wherever you concentrate, because concentration is only a means of giving up thoughts. Whatever the centre or object on which you concentrate, he who concentrates is always the same.

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

Q: There is more pleasure in dhyana than in sensual enjoyments. Yet the mind runs after the latter and does not seek the former. Why is it so?
A: Pleasure or pain are aspects of the mind only. Our essential nature is happiness. But we have forgotten the Self and imagins that the body or the mind is the Self. It is that wrong identity that gives rise to misery. What is to be done? This mental tendency is very ancient and has continued for innumerable past births. Hence it has grown strong. That must go before the essential nature, happiness, asserts itself.

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

Q: Am I to keep on repeating "Who am I?" so as to make a mantra of it?
A: No. "Who am I?" is not a mantra. It means that you must find out where in you arises the "I"-thought which is the source of all other thoughts.
Q: Shall I meditate on "I am Brahman" (aham Brahmasmi)?
A: The text is not meant for thinking "I am Brahman". Aham ("I") is known to every one. Brahman abides as aham in every one. Find out the "I". The "I" is already Brahman. You need not think so Simply find out the "I".

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Be as you are
The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
a Penguin Book

Die von Buddhas gelehrten Praktiken zielen darauf ab, sich der Illusion zu entledigen, ein starkes Mitgefühl für die leidenden Wesen zu entwickeln, sich aus den Verstrickungen des Karma zu befreien und unsere Verfestigung, die sich durch eine erneute Integration der Illusion in unser Wesen bildet, in Leerheit und Klarheit aufzulösen.

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