Ten ignorant men forded a stream and on reaching the other shore counted themselves and found only nine. They grew anxious and grieved at the loss of the tenth unknown man. A wayfarer, ascertaining the cause of their grief, found that each had left himself out in the count, so gave each a blow and asked them to count. They counted ten and were satisfied. The tenth man was not got anew. He was along there and only ignorance had caused their grief. Similarly also with a man and the Self. There is nothing to be gained anew. The Self is ever here and now. Because the limitations have been wrongly assumed, there is the need to transcend them. Moreover, if it were anything to be gained anew, it would imply its previous absence. What was absent once may vanish again also, in which case there would be no permanence in salvation.
- Adi Shankara
- Ashtavakra Gita
- Avadhoota Gita
- Be as you are
- Consciousness and the Absolute
- Crumbs From His Table
- Day by Day with Bhagavan
- Ellam Ondre
- Final Talks
- Flashes From Sri Ramakrishna
- I am That
- Kaivalya Navaneetam
- Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
- Living By The Words Of Bhagavan
- Maharshi's Gospel
- Master Of Self-Realization
- Nectar of immortality
- No Mind - I am the Self
- Pointers from NM
- Prior to Consciousness
- Ramana Maharshi
- Ribhu Gita
- Seeds of Consciousness
- Shirdi Saibaba
- Spiritual Instruction
- Talks with RM
- Teachings of RM in His Own Words
- The Experience of Nothingness
- Thus Spake Sri Rama
- Thus Spake The Holy Mother
- Thus Spake The Vedas
- Tripura Rahasya
- Upanishads
- VichArasangraham
- Vidya Gita
- Who Am I?
- Yoga Vasishtha
"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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