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    Be As You Are

    The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

    Part of Compass

    Author Sri Ramana Maharshi
    Edited by David Godman
    Paperback
    $18.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Feb 01, 1989 | 272 Pages | 9780140190625
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    Ramana Maharshi was one of the most significant spiritual teachers to emerge from India during the first half of the century, and remains widely admired. This recent collection of conversations between him and the many seekers who came to his ashram for guidance contains the essence of his teaching. His concern throughout his long life of imparting his experience to others was to convince his listeners that self-realisation - or enlightenment - is not an alien or mysterious state, but the natural condition of man. This state can be easily discovered by undertaking the self-investigation clearly described in these talks. The lucid instructions to each section provide further illumination of this greater seer's message.
    The Teachings of Sriramana MaharshiAcknowledgments
    Introduction

    Part One: The Self
    1. The nature of the Self
    2. Self-awareness and Self-ignorance
    3. The jnani

    Part Two: Enquiry and Surrender
    4. Self-enquiry—theory
    5. Self-enquiry—practice
    6. Self-enquiry—misconceptions
    7. Surrender

    Part Three: The Guru
    8. The Guru
    9. Silence and sat-sanga

    Part Four: Meditation and Yoga
    10. Meditation and concentration
    11. Mantras and japa
    12. Life in the world
    13. Yoga

    Part Five: Experience
    14. Samadhi
    15. Visions and psychic powers
    16. Problems and experiences

    Part Six: Theory
    17. Creation theories and the reality of the world
    18. Reincarnation
    19. The nature of God
    20. Suffering and morality
    21. Karma, destiny and free will

    Glossary
    Notes and references
    Bibliography
    Index

    Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) was an Indian sage and spiritual instructor, and is regarded by many as an enlightened being. He was a proponent of meditation and self-inquiry to remove ignorance and thought-illusion. View titles by Sri Ramana Maharshi

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    Ramana Maharshi was one of the most significant spiritual teachers to emerge from India during the first half of the century, and remains widely admired. This recent collection of conversations between him and the many seekers who came to his ashram for guidance contains the essence of his teaching. His concern throughout his long life of imparting his experience to others was to convince his listeners that self-realisation - or enlightenment - is not an alien or mysterious state, but the natural condition of man. This state can be easily discovered by undertaking the self-investigation clearly described in these talks. The lucid instructions to each section provide further illumination of this greater seer's message.

    Table of Contents

    The Teachings of Sriramana MaharshiAcknowledgments
    Introduction

    Part One: The Self
    1. The nature of the Self
    2. Self-awareness and Self-ignorance
    3. The jnani

    Part Two: Enquiry and Surrender
    4. Self-enquiry—theory
    5. Self-enquiry—practice
    6. Self-enquiry—misconceptions
    7. Surrender

    Part Three: The Guru
    8. The Guru
    9. Silence and sat-sanga

    Part Four: Meditation and Yoga
    10. Meditation and concentration
    11. Mantras and japa
    12. Life in the world
    13. Yoga

    Part Five: Experience
    14. Samadhi
    15. Visions and psychic powers
    16. Problems and experiences

    Part Six: Theory
    17. Creation theories and the reality of the world
    18. Reincarnation
    19. The nature of God
    20. Suffering and morality
    21. Karma, destiny and free will

    Glossary
    Notes and references
    Bibliography
    Index

    Author

    Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) was an Indian sage and spiritual instructor, and is regarded by many as an enlightened being. He was a proponent of meditation and self-inquiry to remove ignorance and thought-illusion. View titles by Sri Ramana Maharshi

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