The following views of Ramana Maharshi on death are extracted from the book Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, published by Sri Ramanasramam and available for free download here - https://www.holybooks.com/talks-sri-ramana-maharshi/ News of someone’s death was brought to Sri Bhagavan. He said, “Good. The dead are indeed happy. They have got rid of the troublesome overgrowth … Continue reading Ramana Maharshi on Death
Let us not talk about God; Forget and cast aside religion, When goodness in heart we have not, Reason clear our minds see not. Steeped in our ego when we are Simple things appear to us distorted. We smile? Yes, we do! But, Pettiness has long played its dance On the fragile stage of our … Continue reading Not Secularism but Humanism
“When people come to me and they ask, ‘How to meditate?’ I tell them, ‘There is no need to ask how to meditate, just ask how to remain unoccupied. Meditation happens spontaneously." https://hackspirit.com/osho-reveals-almost-everyone-gets-meditation-wrong-correctly/
Note that the ordering of the videos in this Playlist is a bit off. So, play them in order manually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkJ8J5w-ASQ&list=PLDqahtm2vA73q0FdVC8kMNVkxVqji3m1m&index=4
The clay pot analogy helps you understand why the world is merely names-and-forms, whose underlying substance or reality is Consciousness, much like a pot is mere name-and-form, whose underlying substance or reality is clay. Understand this simple analogy, and you will be able to explain to yourself all the facets and implications of the whole … Continue reading Clay Pot Analogy – Name-and-Form
People often ask me "Hey, why do you not Raise your voice When so much is going on All around you, The kind That makes your blood boil And gives you sleepless nights?" I say to them, "How do you know I am not? My silence Need not be construed As consent. There is much … Continue reading My Silence
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"Philosophy improperly understood is religion."---Yours Truly
Yeah, love is great and all that But there is more to the human Than mere sentiments and emotions And what we love today We may not tomorrow Such is human nature Fickle like a snowflake Amidst all these changes There is something that endures Something that is more real us Than mere body and … Continue reading Not Merely Human
I listen to the voice of the few Who drum on my ears The knowledge they knew And went beyond desires and fears. This is what they say In pointing out the way: Our happiness is hostage to uncertainty And when obtained, is transitory; We seek for it all the while outside While its wellspring … Continue reading The Teaching
