Ramana Hridayam

Ramana Hridayam

“Once you have the view, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either. There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the view will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.”

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Sat chit

That Self-Consciousness [Sat-Chit] which shines in all, as All, is the Guru.

('Guru Vachaka Kovai', v. 273)

[Sadhu Om: Guru is That which exists and shines as ‘I’ in all, and is the one common factor in all.]

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Q: Ecstatic experience implies the association with a very subtle mind state. What is your state in sleep?

M: No ecstasy or pain, but beyond both. The natural state is just that, with consciousness of existence added.

Q: What is turiya?

M: Turiya is mind in quiescence and aware of Self, with awareness that the mind has merged in its source. Whether the senses are active or inactive is immaterial. In nirvikalpa samadhi the senses are inactive. To know, implies subject and object. To be aware means to be thought-free.

p. 97

Rumi

There is nothing outside of yourself. Look within, Everything you want is there- you are That.

~ Rumi

Real teacher

A real teacher will not give you anything to do. No method. Nor can he give you freedom!
He simply removes the concept of bondage. You can do it yourself. If you can't, go to a good teacher. That is the teaching of a true teacher.

~ Papaji

(From: WAKE UP AND ROAR)

Karma

D.: How to get released from karma.         

M.: See whose karma it is. You will find you are not the doer. Then you will be free. This requires grace of God for which you should pray to Him, worship Him and meditate on Him.         

The karma which takes place without effort, i.e., involuntary action, is not binding.         

Even a Jnani is acting as seen by his bodily movements. There can be no karma without effort or without intentions (sankalpas). Therefore there are sankalpas for all. They are of two kinds (1) one, binding - bandha-hetu and the other (2) mukti-hetu - not binding. The former must be given up and the latter must be cultivated. There is no fruit without previous karma; no karma without previous sankalpa. Even mukti must be the result of effort so long as the sense of doership persists.

(From 'Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi' 116)

Quotes

The void  which  is  the  infinite  and  all-encompassing  one  whole  without  a second,  which  is  just  the  effulgence  of  pure  wisdom,  which  is  completely devoid  of  visible  phenomena  and  which  consists  of  the  aspect  `I'  is  the  seed which  fructifies  as  liberation,  bestowing  salvation  by  enabling  one  to  unite with  the  Supreme.

~ Devikalottara