Guest guest Report post Posted March 30, 2010 The Teachings of BhagavanSri Ramana Maharshiin His Own WordsCHAPTER ONESINAnd above all, not to create new vasanas or latent tendencies.Devotee: Swami, how can the grip of the ego be loosened?Bhagavan: By not adding new vasanas (bad habits) to it. 1If the objective reality of the world be an illusion then the evilin it is also an illusion and the remedy is to turn inwards tothe Reality of the Self. An American visitor, the secretary ofSwami Yogananda, asked why there are good and evil in theworld and was told:They are relative terms. There must be a subject to knowthe good and evil. That subject is the ego. It ends in the Self.Or, you can say that the source of the ego is God. This definitionis probably more definite and understandable for you. 21 Talks with Ramana Maharshi, 173.2 Talks with Ramana Maharshi, 106. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
