Maharshi’s Gospel (The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi)
A collection of Sri Ramana Maharshii’s answers to questions that cover a vast range of spiritual topics, arranged and edited by subject into thirteen chapters. This forms a brief but comprehensive record of his oral teachings. Doubts occur to all seekers on the spiritual path. The precise answers given by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in these pages represent the quintessence of Divine Wisdom. Bhagavan Sri Ramana speaks from the peak of spiritual experience. Every word that falls from his lips is the essence of Upanishadic wisdom.The devout reader who studies these pages, to whatever religion he may belong, is sure to gain the conviction that his essential nature is divine. He will be guided to the core of his Being, the Heart. Disciple: What is the highest goal of spiritual experience for man? Maharshi: Self-realization. D: Can a married man realise the Self? M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self; because That is here and now. If it were not so, but attainable by some effort at some time, and if it were new and had to be acquired, it would not be worth pursuit. Because, what is not natural is not permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now, and alone
Maharshi’s Gospel (The teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi)
A collection of Sri Ramana Maharshii’s answers to questions that cover a vast range of spiritual topics, arranged and edited by subject into thirteen chapters. This forms a brief but comprehensive record of his oral teachings. Doubts occur to all seekers on the spiritual path. The precise answers given by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in these pages represent the quintessence of Divine Wisdom. Bhagavan Sri Ramana speaks from the peak of spiritual experience. Every word that falls from his lips is the essence of Upanishadic wisdom.The devout reader who studies these pages, to whatever religion he may belong, is sure to gain the conviction that his essential nature is divine. He will be guided to the core of his Being, the Heart. Disciple: What is the highest goal of spiritual experience for man? Maharshi: Self-realization. D: Can a married man realise the Self? M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self; because That is here and now. If it were not so, but attainable by some effort at some time, and if it were new and had to be acquired, it would not be worth pursuit. Because, what is not natural is not permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now, and alone