Greetings All, Shloka # 7: Apart from the body made up of five sheaths, does the world shine? Let people explain. Without that five fold body who can perceive this world? Continuing his teaching and refreshing our memory of last class, Swamy Paramarthananda said, in all these shlokas Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi is continuing his campaign […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 5: “ Arguments that this is real or false, sentient or inert, sorrow or joy, are to no purpose. The state free from all thoughts, without “I” notion and the world, is supreme state desired.” Continuing his teaching on Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, even though Brahman is Adishtanam of everything, Bhagawan […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 2: “For those who, being afraid of death, have sought shelter in the conqueror of death, the notion “I’ dies first. Thereafter in them (who are) by nature immortal, where is there any room for the notion of death?” Continuing his teaching on Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, now in the second […]
Greetings All, Continuing his teaching on Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, Saddarshana means Brahma Vidya. The text is so called because it deals with this knowledge. The teaching is based on the Prasthana Trayam (Upanishad, Gita and Brahma Sutra). Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi is an Acharya of our tradition. The study of this text should be based […]
Greetings All, Starting the teaching and providing an introduction to Saddarshana, Swami Paramarthananda said, this book is a relatively small work of Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi. He was a great Mahatma who lived quite recently in Tiruannamalai. He has presented his teachings in several languages. Saddarshana was originally written in Tamil and called “Ullathu Narpathu” or […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 24: The difference between God and individual is only in name, form and intelligence. They are the same in their essential nature as the Heart. Shloka # 25: When perception of name and form ceases, there is the vision of the Self. This is also the vision of God, for, God […]
Greetings All, Shloka 15 and 16: # 15: “For the exalted Yogi abiding steadily in the natural state, having destroyed the mind, is there any action left?” # 16: “When the mind turns away from the objects, it beholds its source, Consciousness. This is Self –abidance.” Continuing his teaching of Upadesha Saram, and refreshing our […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 13: “Control of the mind is of two kind, its lulling and its destruction. A lulled mind will rise again but not the one which is destroyed.” Continuing his teaching, Swami Paramarthananda says, we have seen Bhagawan Ramana Maharishi talking about the six Sadhanas. They are: Puja, Japa, Dhyanam, Samadhi, Yoga […]
Greetings All, Shloka 7 and 8. Shloka # 7: “Constant , natural meditation like the steady flow of ghee or a stream of water is better than intermittent contemplation.” Shloka #8: “The meditation “I am that” regarded as more purifying than one based on dualistic thought.” Refreshing our memory of the last class Swami Paramathananda […]
Greetings to all, Shloka # 1: “The results of action flow according to the law of the Creator. Is Karma, action, God? It is insentient.” Continuing his teaching of Upadesha Saram Swami Paramarthananada refreshed our memory about the last class. He said this text is the essence of the teaching of Lord Shiva and it […]