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| Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness | 
 enlarge | Author: Ramana Maharshhi
Publisher: Inner Directions
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 138222
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 506
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1878019007
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
EAN: 9781878019004
ASIN: 1878019007
Publication Date: August 1, 2000
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This spiritually significant work is a profound series of dialogues between one of the great sages of our time and his inquirers. These "Talks" offer a genuinely universal approach to Truth, by directly pointing to the certainty of our essential nature. By applying even a few of these passages to our life, we can become aware of the ever-present, abiding Reality.Through the wise words of this beloved sage, we are clearly and consistently shown how to reclaim our innate Freedom--simply by looking in the right place and discovering what has always been present. A fundamental shift of attention is all that is required. By approaching these dialogues in the spirit of inquiry, one has the opportunity to awaken to a greater Reality: that of our own Being, our true Self.
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In the Presence of the Holy Mountain November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saints used to be common. Back in the 13th century, anywhere in the civilised world, you could barely walk down the street without bumping into one. But by the 20th century they had become rare, like exotic flowers found in remote jungles surrounded by any number of leaves. Catholic, Maronite and Coptic Churches, Islam and Tibetan Buddhism have all produced unmistakable saints within the last 100 years. But none outshines the South Indian Saint Ramana Maharshi, who spent most of his life by the holy mountain Arunachala.
All you need to know of his teaching is contained in a booklet called "Nan Yar?" or "Who Am I?". Unfortunately he says things like, "It is not proper to let the mind rest on objects or affairs of mundane life", that few of us could really stick to. The Third Law of Spiritual Dynamics states that the simpler and briefer a spiritual teaching is, the harder it is to practise.
So most of us will want a book like this, with lots of pages, lots of teachings. It's one of those books that at first seems diffuse, insubstantial and eminently cuttable; with repeated readings you find you wouldn't want to lose a word.
The Maharshi was a Hindu born more than a century ago, and naturally this shows. At times he speaks of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, space) or of the three gunas (clarity, activity, passivity.) More often he refers to the four states of consciousness: waking, sleep with dreams, dreamless sleep, and Turiya which transcends and includes them all.This was his own State: free of identification with body or mind, he was pure Unqualified, Inconceivable, Boundless Being. This spoke through him. This looked through his eyes.
Hindu Nondualism is pleasingly casual compared to its Buddhist equivalents like Zen, enclosed in monastic traditions. Anyone could visit the Maharshi's Ashram: famous people, people who ask stupid questions, hostile people from rival branches of Hinduism.
The Maharshi is never fazed, but rarely says or does anything remarkable. He reads the paper, pets the animals, smiles at children. His teaching is offered quietly and you may take it or leave it. He seems to repeat himself quite a lot because, in the end, he has only one thing to say. By happy coincidence it's the only thing you need to know.
Life Changing September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An intense but life changing read. This is one book to hang on to and read over and over again.
it just makes sense July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll likely not add anything new here, but I just wanted to openly praise how wonderful and complete this book is as a spiritual teaching. It has really everything a spiritual aspirant could ask for. So many people read slightly different things in it, so I suppose we could, perhaps tritely, say that really we read our own mind in this book. It points us back to the source of the reader, and provides many examples of how we can relate to this teaching on both a more intellectual and everyday level. For many of us, the intellect is the gateway, and Ramana is well-suited to those of this bent. Read it if you don't mind having your cobwebs cleared.
Well, I suppose since I am here I could add one little thing. The idea of self-inquiry as I see it is not so much an asking of a question, "Who am I? Who is asking this question? Who wants to know? etc." but of a gazing with open mind through the chatter. It is observing a space distinct from the inner noise and not then generating questions, but of experiencing that quality of consciousness that is open, where no answer is forthcoming and only that openness remains. That's been said before in a million ways, so read the book if you wanna read the response of someone who actually knew what he was talking about!
 The Missing Index March 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Inner Directions, didn't even bother with an index. Pathetic. Get the original, and indexed, version published by T.N. Venkataraman. I'd give that version 5 stars.
Oh, the book itself? Only one of the greatest spiritual books ever put together. Ramana Maharshi was the 20th century Buddha, and his words of wisdom are must reading for any serious spiritual aspirant.
A number of neo-Advaita "gurus" in recent years--Adyashanti, Andrew Cohen, Gangaji, Ramesh Balsekar, David R. Hawkins, the late Jean Klein, et al--have written books on Self-Realization, but these all pale in comparison to "Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi." The late Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's "I Am That" and Sri H.W.L.Poonja's "The Truth Is" are worth reading, but even these books lack the verticality, or esoteric depth, of Ramana Maharshi's teachings.
A spirtual treatise from Ramana Maharshi December 27, 2007
Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi wrote a few short essays [ who am I, upadesa saram, Ulladu Narpadu [Forty verse] in local Tamil language , later translated into English by several authors..He also sang some hymns --all these are found in "Collected works" edited by Arthur Osborne]...Ramana answered numerous questions put to him by hundreds of devotees who met him in Tiruvannamalai [South India] over a period of nearly 40 years [from about 1910 to 1950]more so in later years..[He did not preach or give lectures or talk from a platform].His answers constitute veritable " Spritual instruction' to all...this includes , not only the path of non-duality [Advaita] but also devotional path [Bhakti] ..many authors have superficially written about His methods ...It is wise to read this book and similar ones by Devaraja Mudaliar for clear perception of Ramana maharshi's teachings.Robert Powell has done great service especially to english-reading westerners in this regard.The spiritual wisdom of Ramana Maharshi can be easily gleaned from this work...no further 'teaching' or satsang is required from superficial teachers of Advaita who flood the market with books.
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