"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

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Thus Spake Sri Rama

The sayings in this section have been collected from various sources like the Valmiki Ramayana, Adhyatma Ramayana and the Yoga Vasishtha Ramayana. 
  • Superior indeed is the person who can attain peace by deciding thus: I have no relations with the body; this body and I are not identical.
  • Ignorant youth falls a prey to various playful propensities of the restless mind and is thrown from sorrow to sorrow. The demon of lust residing in the pit of the heart, brings under the sway the young man who loses self-control.
  • That man rightly deserves the appellation of the tranquil one who has safely crossed the terrible forest of youth so full of curious incidents.
  • It would be easier to cross a turbulent river than to relinquish the longings of youth. Youth is the cause of degradation of one who is devoid of discrimination.

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That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being:
I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad