Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness by Ramana Maharshhi Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness
Book Review: Self Inquiry, incredibly powerful, & very under-appreciated
Summary: 5 Stars
Self Inquiry, is an incredibly powerful spititual technique. It is little understood, & very under-appreciated.I have read this book in its original version, printed in India. It is one of my most treasured books, and I felt very fortunate to discover it one day in a used bookstore. I think it was very much needed in that Sri Ramana elaborates on the deceptively simple method he put forth in his first book "Who Am I?"
Self Inquiry is a technique used in several modern teachings including Krishnamurti and Gurdjieff. Ramana however really cuts to the heart of the matter, when he proposed the practice of the question, "Who am I?". All I can say is that he is absolutely correct that it's use is the most direct route one can take toward understanding their own relationship between their own individuality and that of the All Encompassing (call it what you will).
This book is needed now more than ever, in an era where cheap pop spirituality is ever-present. I rejoice to see it made available to a wider audience.
Book Review: Self Inquiry, incredibly powerful, & very under-appreciated
Summary: 5 Stars
Self Inquiry, is an incredibly powerful spititual technique. It is little understood, & very under-appreciated.I have read this book in its original version, printed in India. It is one of my most treasured books, and I felt very fortunate to discover it one day in a used bookstore. I think it was very much needed in that Sri Ramana elaborates on the deceptively simple method he put forth in his first book "Who Am I?"
Self Inquiry is a technique used in several modern teachings including Krishnamurti and Gurdjieff. Ramana however really cuts to the heart of the matter, when he proposed the practice of the question, "Who am I?". All I can say is that he is absolutely correct that it's use is the most direct route one can take toward understanding their own relationship between their own individuality and that of the All Encompassing (call it what you will).
This book is needed now more than ever, in an era where cheap pop spirituality is ever-present. I rejoice to see it made available to a wider audience.
Book Review: a true sage of our time
Summary: 5 Stars
For a while, I have been one of those book junkies getting any book that gives any 'hope' of peace or salvation. From all your typical self-help gurus working only on symptoms to all the new age phantom masters who are so self-absorbed that they dont understand the borrowed chant they sing to Echart Tolle's 'Power of Now' to J. Krishnamurti's endless but thought provoking talks to Nisgardata Maharaj's simple, honest, yet powerful advaita nature, to U.G. Krishnamurti's anti-everything stance, finally I read what Maharashi had to say.
There is no point me trying to quote him. Just do yourself a favor and get his work. Searching for truth itself is addicting and often people start enjoying being lost. Be aware of that. Read what he has to say and know the truth.
If you really have to get other books, get no more than a book on Nisgardata Maharaj, Wei Wu Wei (Ask the awakened) or a book by Ramesh Balsekar. You could also read a short book written (free) by Emeritus Professor of Physiscs at University of Virginia called 'A Course in Consciousness'. Very good material derived from Wei Wu Wei and Ramesh Balsekar teachings. Link is http://faculty.virginia.edu/consciousness/
Remember, all true masters will tell you one thing though. Your desire to find the truth is the problem. 'You' can never find the truth because in order for you to find the truth, you have to be the subject and the truth to be the object. How could you be the subject of that which is ultimate? When you realize that you are part of that finality, that oneness, and that you are the one, than the truth is known.
Any teachers (Tolle for example) who are trying to tell you to be something other than what you are, are worse than the used car salesmen. How can you find truth by meditating, or 'being in now', or by practicing anything whatsoever? Your sense of separateness and individuality is what's preventing you from knowing that there is nothing to find and there is nothing to gain. Remember that any practice or any attempt you are going to make will only strengthen your sense of selfhood. Suffering is caused by that separateness, feeling of selfhood, and believe that an individual has a will-power. Dont waste your time trying to become something or somebody. No true sage will instruct you to do anything or change yourself. If you find yourself attracted to a guru who is selling you a new way to achieve peace in your life, RUN because he's probably misguided or most likely trying to make money or achieve power. So, point is to not waster your time reading any books or try to do something. BTW, trying not to do anything and expecting something in return is of course same as trying to do something and will not result in anything. So, what can you do? Well, do whatever you please. Your head is already in tiger's mouth as Balsekar said.
Book Review: I cannot do this book justice...
Summary: 5 Stars
...but I can suggest that you read it. Don't bother, though, if you still insist on thrashing around in your ego. Do, if you find it is time to discard it.Book Review: As close to God incarnate as anyone -- ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a student of comparative mysticism and meditator of more than 20 years who has read, at this point, most of the great ancient and modern mystical texts.I read this book after reading consciousness theorist Ken Wilber's vigorous endorsement of Ramana in his own various works. Talks with Ramana Maharshi clarified subtle points I've had questions about for years.
Ramana, as Wilber says, is certainly the greatest spiritual master of the 20th century, and arguably the greatest spiritual Realization of all time. Readers of Talks With Ramana Maharshi will find his explanations effortless and clear on concepts more often represented in almost riddle-like fashion in other sacred Indian texts.
Ramana is not an educated man, but he has seen the Truth and is centered in it. Read this book and see the incredible internal consistancy in his answers. He's never tripped up by challengers presented in the book because his Realization came to him, as Wilber says, fully formed, and at least as complete, in my opinion, as the Realizations of Buddha and Christ. I consider both those men my teachers as well.
I believe one day Ramana will be thought of in the same light as those great men. His reputation growing faster than ever more than 50 years after his death. Read this book and see why.