Naked Song
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, Sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other –isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living...
View ArticleDream and Waking Experience
“We are such stuff As dreams are made on And our little life Is rounded by a sleep.” Shakespeare really did know what he was talking about and it was not just poetic effervescence. Maharshi used to say...
View ArticleMeditation Means Forgetting Your Identity
You Are Truth Q: I want to know the truth? Maharaj: You are Truth. Q: I know, but . . . Maharaj: The Knower is Truth. The one who wants to know, who is expecting Truth, That is Truth. Because we have...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of Awareness
That everything is included within your mind is the essence of mind . . . Even though waves arise, the essence of your mind is pure; it is just like clear water with a few waves. Actually water always...
View ArticleThere Is Nothing, Be
The Philosophy of Sri Bhagavan, the greatest of sages, can be summed up in just three words “There is nothing.” So simple and yet so supremely difficult. “There is nothing.. All this world that you...
View ArticleOvercoming the Obstacles to Awakening
Becoming present is remarkably simple. However, remaining present is not so simple. Even if we are present for a short time, most of us are quickly pulled back into the past and future world of the...
View ArticlePerception Happens
No origin, nothing there: that’s just how it is. Perception doesn’t arise or vanish. When you make it more than that, It’s like making form out of what is formless: You lose touch with what is natural....
View ArticleThe Purest Teaching Is Silence
In the silence of the heart, God speaks. —Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta The purest teaching is silence. This will be the briefest of chapters in this book because it arose quite simply out of one...
View ArticleEllam Ondre: Chapter Two – “You”
This small but extraordinary book, consisting of six chapters, was written in the 19th century and has been translated from Tamil into English. The author is unknown. It was referred to by Ramana...
View ArticleBearing and Understanding
We have been taught since the beginning of western classical metaphysics that what is is to be understood in terms of itself or as a substance, a constant; its cause is a constant also, whether we term...
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