Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
by Sri Munagala Venkataramiah
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Author: Sri Munagala VenkataramiahEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-12
ISBN: 8188018074
Number of pages: 683
Publisher: Sri Ramanasramam
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Book Review: his love goes beyond the words in this book, dont be distracted.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ramana Marhashi is and was a truly good man, just look at the beautiful picture of him on the cover of this book. he is proof that hindu process/ path is a ligitimate way in this universe. i have sought to complement my christian walk(as a mystic of sorts) through a better understanding of hinduism.
aspects of it are beautiful, as infact are aspects of any path. be it shamanist, buddhist or whatever. but i cannot help think that the isolation that some of these paths lead to at the top of the lofty mountain are a little sad and lonely in some respects. so lofty that no one else understands. and when they do, they to become isolated.
one master once said that "enlightenment is a very lonely place to be, no one understands" this is sad. as a christian i think that there is a place for enlightenment, but am inclined to think that self sacraficial love is far more important... the ordinary person is just as important as the buddha or immortal. all this searching has a role and a place, but if a child loves his mother, surely this is far more important than meditating on a mountain as a fully enlightened master. the fool is no less significant than the adept. we are all of great importance whatever our path or lack thereof.
i do believe that certain people are returners, call them bodhisattvas, that terrifying compassion. they return to make others lives easier, but i must say this, that i do believe that most of us only get one chance at this life. it will not be measured in ones degree of enlightenment, nor understanding, nor in how much one prayed, nor even in the amount of ones good works...
rather we will be judged by how much pain we endured, by our hard and kind words, by how much in short... we loved. im afraid i think of a master like Dogen Zenji, and feel sadness when i hear how he became bitter and hardened in later life, but then God understands. illnesses and life can harden the heart, but so to can spiritual seeking... until the day one arrives at the truth. And, there is only one Truth, that is True Love.
there is no difference between atheist or theist, these are both concepts and positions. it is Love that matters.
From this book of Ramana Marharshis, we are encouraged to just accept that we are the self. the great I. but there is a lot more seeking that has gone into his life, and practice that can never be sandwiched between these pages. just as what i write is a pointing so too is what is recorded of the Marharshis life. one really has to find ones own way in the spiritual path...
really and once again i have to say it. Ramana found true love. he knows and knew the answer. this is all he had, all he needed and all he wanted.
a master such as Sunryu Suzuki lamented that he never experienced satori... so what. sartori as ikku indicated is just a sheet of paper relating to a mystical experience. suzuki will be remembered and will stand on the degree of his love and his compassion. after all these are the only things that really matter.
God would have us forget about him sometimes. God is far happier when we are kind and generous with our hearts than when we pray on a sunday, or for that matter unceasingly.
as lennon said and as ramana realised... it is all about love, not just any kind of love, not selfish love, not jealous love, but True self sacrificing Love.
take care and God bless you who read these words... the hardest thing you will ever do is love, he who truly loves will truly suffer, but so what, its worth it.
let go of it all and just love. (difficult).
best wishes, from snow-flake. xxx
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