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Subject: [K-list] Scriptural support for total annihilation of the ego, as required by our moderator, Hillary
From: rkshankar

Dear Hillary

As required, I am posting the translation of 3 important verses in support of the total annihilation of ego.
These are from a text styled 'Upadesa Undhiyar' which was composed by Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
For the 'Iam' yahoogroups list, I had translated these verses from Tamil to English.

Very literal translation from Tamil to English
Destruction and also lurking, yes! (these) two (constitute the two methods of) subsidence (of the ego).
That (ego) which (merely) abides lurking, will rise (again, from its state of lurking).
(But,) if the form (of the ego) dies, will not rise (again). (Verse 13)

If you course the mind, that subsides when (you) withhold the vital air (or the breath),
along the (Self-) enquiring path, its form will die. (Verse 14)With the form of the mind perishing, the great yogi who firmly abides in the truth,
has no work for Himself. He adjoined His Natural State. (Verse 15)

My Simple Explanation:
We must course the mind along the path of Self-Enquiry.
Then, its form will perish. And, it will get destroyed within the Supreme Self.
Then, it will not rise again (Verses 13-14).
With the form of the mind perishing, the great yogi who firmly abides in the truth, has no work for Himself.
He adjoined His Natural State of the Supreme Self (Verse 15).

The total annihilation of ego is also recorded in Saivism.
The modern Sage of Saivism, Sri Sri Sivaya Subramuniya Swami,
records the same in His Revealed Scriptural Text 'Merging with Siva'.

The total annihilation of ego is also recorded in all advaitic texts.
For example, the Ribhu Gita, the core of Siva Rahasya.
Almost all works of Sage Sankara record the total annihilation of ego.

Yours in God
RK Shankar
  > From: DruoutATnospamaol.com
  > Dear RK,
  > Perhaps you can expand upon this annihilation of ego.
  > I'd be curious as to which Sages and what texts
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