RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 15 V.5&6

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 15. OM, SRAVANA, MANANA, NIDIDHYASANA

 

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Bhagavan:

 

5&6. Having listened to the Vedantic Texts or the Guru's Own Words.

or without either, but owing

to merit earned in past lives, listening to ones's own Heart

declaring itself as the root of the

'I' thought, different from the body and mind-this is Sravana in

Reality .

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 15 `Sravana Manana Nidhidyasana'

 

Vs 5 & 6

Having listened to the Vedic texts or Guru's exposition of one's

true nature or, without either, by accumulated merit of past lives,

if one listens to one's Heart declaring that it is the root of

the `I'- thought, apart from the body, it is in fact listening to

the Truth.

 

Commentary

This verse sets out Ramana's own experience. When confronted with

fear of death Ramana transcended it by being a witness to his own

death and by being simultaneously aware of the full force of his

personality, of the `I'- `I' shining within the Heart.* Ramana's

teaching that the `I'-thought is the root of all thoughts and the

Heart is the base from which the mind rises, is also set out in the

verse itself. Listening to it is listening to the Truth. This is an

original interpretation of the Vedic text, based on Ramana's own

experience.

[*Ramana Maharshi & the Path of Self Knowledge by Arthur Osborne –

p19]

 

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