Ramana Maharshi & His Teachings
All posts about Ramana Maharshi & His teachings, in English and across all categories, are presented here. They are displayed in ascending order by creation date (oldest first).
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (21)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (21) Devotee: Of the means for mind-control, which is the most important? Maharshi: Breath-control is the...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (22)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (22) Devotee: How is breath to be controlled? Maharshi: Breath can be controlled either by absolute...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (23)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (23) Devotee: What is absolute retention of breath? Maharshi: It is making the vital air stay...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (24)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (24) Devotee: What is regulation of breath? Maharshi: It is making the vital air stay firmly...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (25)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (25) Devotee: How is breath-control the means for mind-control? Maharshi: There is no doubt that breath-control...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (26)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (26) Devotee: Since breath-control leads only to quiescence of the mind (manolaya) and not to its...
Talks with Ramana Maharshi (64)
Talks with Ramana Maharshi (64) News of someone’s death was brought to Sri Bhagavan. He said, “Good. The dead are...
Talks with Ramana Maharshi (65 – 66)
Talks with Ramana Maharshi (65 – 66) Talk 65. 13th July, 1935 Visitor: Is the jagat (world) perceived even after...
Motiveless Devotion
Motiveless Devotion (Ahaituka Bhakti) Letters from Ramanasramam In August 1944, a Bengali youth in ochre-coloured robes, by name Chinmayananda, a...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (27)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (27) Devotee: What are the limbs of yoga? Maharshi: Yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (28)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (28) Devotee: What is the purport of the teaching that in pratyahara one should meditate on...
Ramana, To Think Of You Just Once Is Enough
Ramana, To Think Of You Just Once Is Enough ~ Song Dedication in English To Ramana Maharshi, The Sage Of...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (29)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (29) Devotee: What is the purport of the teaching that one should meditate through the ‘I...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (30)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (30) Devotee: Even though the Heart and the Brahmarandhra alone are the loci fit for meditation...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (31)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (31) Devotee: How is one to think of the Self? Maharshi: The Self is self-luminous without...
How does a devotee get advice from a Guru?
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi How does a devotee get advice from a Guru? Day by Day with Bhagavan Diary of...
How do you know that you do not know anything?
How do you know that you do not know anything? Letters from Ramanasramam During the first week of last month...
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (32)
Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (32) Devotee: It was stated that Brahman is manifest as the Self in the form ‘I-I’...