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A man asked Maharajji, “What should I do for sadhana?” Maharajji said, “Don’t bother about Sadhana just keep repeating Ram.” This man was an old devotee, not retired from his job. When HD was doing much work, Maharajji said to him, “It will all belong to you one day. And if you do it withContinue reading “Pure Devotion.”

The ordinary man earns a living, eats three times a day, amuses himself with trival entertainments, remaning engrossed in the mechanical performance of material dutes  without ever awakening to the importance of understanding the purpose of life : attaining true happiness and sharing it with others. The wise man gives up false pride in self-perfection,Continue reading “Contentment.”

*What is the real practice of sadhana? Bhagawan clearly states so that we may strive to dedicate our time and energy to such sadhana.* Sadhana is not only japa, rituals, bhajans, etc. The essence of all sadhana is to obey God’s command. In God’s treasury, there are many gems and valuables. What is God’s nature?Continue reading “Just pray without thinking.”

“Why has God created wicked people?”Sri Ramakrishna: “That is His will, His play. In His maya there exists avidyā as well as vidyā. Darkness is needed too. It reveals all the more the glory of light. There is no doubt that anger, lust, and greed are evils. Why, then, has God created them? In orderContinue reading “His Grace”

I am not the entity that imagines itself alive or dead. I am neither born nor can I die. I have nothing to remember or to forget. For the Jnani the entire universe is His body, all life is His life. As in a city of lights, when one bulb burns out, it does notContinue reading “Entirety is real.”

Free of lust, wise, restrained, gentle, always pure, indifferent, calm, steady, and with all hungers vanished, is the sage who has taken refuge in me. ||8-2|| The profoundly wise soul is deeply intelligent and aware, has triumphed over the six ‘gunas’ (five senses and the mind), is not arrogant but respectful to others, is deeplyContinue reading “Refuge in him.”

“As long as a man feels that God is ‘there’, he is ignorant. But he attains Knowledge when he feels that God is ‘here’. “A man wanted a smoke. He went to a neighbour’s house to light his charcoal. It was the dead of night and the household was asleep. After he had knocked aContinue reading “From There to Here.”

When consciousness is without movement, that is the all-embracing fullness of Reality. Inasmuch as there is movement in consciousness, that Reality appears false. This is like the opening and closing of the eye. As an illustration of this, observe the manner in which there is wind when the air moves, and when it is still,Continue reading “A Pure Void.”

My son! Realized sages say that absolute inherence in Reality means becoming one with the immutable, tranquil, non-dual Absolute Supreme Being which is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss and the Self of all, and making the wandering mind one with it like the proverbial milk and water, absolutely free from all concepts. When one scrutinizes this variety of manifestationContinue reading “Ribhu Gita verse.”

DEVOTEE: How is the mind to be stilled? SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: Looking at the mind with the mind, or fixing the mind in the Self, brings the mind under control of the Self. DEVOTEE: Is there any yoga, i.e., a process for it?MAHARSHI: Vichara (investigation) alone will do. DEVOTEE: How is Poorna Brahman to beContinue reading “Poorna …perfection.”