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Recieved: 2001/04/29 08:02
Subject: [K-list] Ramana Maharshi
From: Harsha
On 2001/04/29 08:02, Harsha posted thus to the K-list:
-----Original Message-----
From: vicki [mailto:vioricaATnospamzahav.net.il]
Sri Ramana Maharshi's Teachings
ARE a world teaching ,
and His message IS "intended" for all situations,
all people,everywhere.
vicki,
with great love for this brilliant world Master who is
Ramana Maharshi, and always ready to defend His every
single word.
P.S- I use this opportunity to thank Harsha with all my heart
for the opportunity to post Ramana's words on this list.
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Thanks for being here Vicki. The devotees at RamanaAshram could not imagine
life without the Sage of Arunachala. Neither can we here.
I can't remember when I heard of Ramana, but it seems like I have always
known Him!
I remember being literally thunderstruck upon hearing someone sing
Arunachala Shiva, Arunchala....Om Shakti, Om Shakti, Om Shakti Om, Om
Shakti, Jnana Shakti, Para Shakti Om! It was as if every atom in the body
danced with ecstasy without reason. As Pascal said, "The Heart has its
reasons, which reason cannot know."
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak of Ramana Maharshi and consider
it a privilege to make the forum (HarshaSatsangh) available for the purest
teachings on the Self.
Ramana's teachings are the purest teachings. Everything pales in comparison.
To each their own, but I have never been the least attracted to any other
philosophy, psychology, self help system, and all that. They seem so utterly
superficial to me. Yet no doubt, they can be helpful to many, as people
often testify.
Let others do as it pleases them. What have I to do with anything other than
Ramana's teaching of abiding in the Heart, the Self.
Ramana Maharshi in the innocence of his youth read about the life of 63
Saivite saints and became fascinated with their devotion and intoxicated
with Divine Love. The story is well known of how within a few months of that
he realized the nature of the Self and at the tender age 16 left home to go
to Arunachala.
There he sat in Samadhi as his body was eaten away by maggots. As Jan
pointed out, Sri Ramana literally treated his body as a corpse, and without
people to feed him and take care of him the first few years, the body
certainly would have died.
Ramana is utterly unique. His life was public and everyone had free access.
There was no hocus pocus and mystery which many so called "masters" are
famous for. Sri Ramana was an embodiment of Ahimsa and compassion and one
sees that in his words, his conversations, his actions.
In the early years, when deadly plague afflicted the area and many people
had died or run away, everyone was afraid. There was no Ashram and Ramana
and his friends lived in caves. When one of Sri Ramana's devotees came down
with the plague, the other devotees advised that they should all move to a
different area away from this person. They assured Ramana that the devotee
who had come down with the disease would be sent food periodically to the
cave and thus taken care of. Sri Ramana's answer was simple and beautiful
and moving. The Sage refused to leave. Ramana said that everyone was free to
go but he would stay with the afflicted devotee and some food should be sent
for both of them! Naturally after that no one left.
If we read the actual stories of Sri Ramana's life and conversations with
Sri Ramana, the immaculate purity, serenity, the overwhelming beauty stand
out. Sri Ramana life and actions exemplify his teachings. The perfect ease
and authority with which Ramana Maharshi spoke of the Self was in total
harmony with purity, beauty, and love that was reflected in his actions and
life.
Everyone, regardless of their path will benefit from the teachings of the
Sage of Arunachala. That is my view.
Love to all
Harsha
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