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A practical guide to know yourself: conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi

This book presents a series of conversations between seekers and Sri Ramana Maharshi, a revered 20th-century Indian spiritual teacher. The dialogues focus on his core teaching of self-inquiry (atma vichara), which involves turning attention inward to discover the true self. The text serves as a practical manual for those seeking to understand their own nature beyond the mind and ego, addressing common questions about meditation, reality, and liberation. It is drawn from recorded talks and is intended to provide clear, accessible instruction for spiritual practice. more

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Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi, a mystic and philosopher from India, was born on December 30, 1879, and passed away on April 14, 1950. He is considered one of the greatest spiritual teachers of modern India, known for his concise and profound teachings and his inner spiritual experiences. more

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“Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly and deeply, go into the structure of your desires and their ramifications. They are a most important part of your mental and emotional make-up and powerfully affect your actions. Remember, you cannot abandon what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.”

“Playing with various approaches may be due to resistance to going within, to the fear of having to abandon the illusion of being something or somebody in particular.Of all the affections the love of oneself comes first. Light and love are impersonal.When you do not think yourself to be this or that, all conflict ceases. Any attempt to do something about your problems is bound to fail, for what is caused by desire can be undone only in freedom from desire. You cannot be rid of problems without abandoning illusions.”

“Refuse to think in terms of this or that. All pain needs investigation. The mind is nothing else but the self. Assumption obscures reality without destroying it. All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation is false..Your being a person is due to the illusion of space and time.The mind creates time and space and takes its own creations for reality.”