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Even though fear overtook him, but instead of panic, he decided to investigate death: This awakening was in the form of a “death experience,” triggered by the thought that he was going to die. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought “I have not realized.” ~Ramana Maharshiīorn Venkataraman Iyer, Ramana is probably the most well known sage of 20th century India – who had a spontaneous awakening at 16, in his home in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The greatest miracle is the Maharshi himself,” concludes Sudouski.“Realization is nothing to be gained afresh. “Being near the Maharshi one feels the presence of God–no arguments or proofs are necessary. An incredible loving kindness radiated from them.” They had much sympathy, wisdom and understanding. “His eyes glow with a perfect understanding of all the weaknesses, defects and inner difficulties of those who look into them. Sudouski (Mouni Sadhu), a Polish-Australian author.
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“His face is full of inspiration, unearthly serenity and power, of infinite kindness and understanding,” writes M. Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi, a collection of personal accounts by 202 well-known people, has plenty of testimonies to this fact. Anybody coming close to him was bound to be filled with awe for his simplicity and compassion. In their presence, one may feel dwarfed or embarrassed. Sometimes, spiritually uplifted gurus may still have a good stock of ahamkara (ego) in them. People coming in his proximity felt liberated. He had an extraordinary experience of everything about him dissolving except his real Self. He felt his physical body dying, but his consciousness was very much alive. He lied down on the floor and welcomed death, questioning what is it that dies. One afternoon he was sitting in his room, his health perfect, but he suddenly felt like dying. When he was few months to 17, he entered a death experience. Their tales of renunciation had an overpowering effect on Ramana, and he started envisioning a similar life for himself. Then he found a book, Periyapuranam, which chronicled the life stories of sixty-three exemplary saints. Upon knowing that Arunachala was a real place and it was called Tiruvannamalai, his future course was set. The word worked like a magic spell on the young Ramana, indicating a past-life association. When he was 16, a visiting relative told him he was coming from Arunachala. Three incidents before his leaving home are noteworthy. The hill was not just a hill, it was his Shiva itself as he referred to it as Arunachala Shiva. Ramana settled at Arunachala, the hill of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, for the rest of his life after leaving home at 17.
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Teaching through words was a mundane and inferior act for the illumined sage. He said his real teaching was silence, words were just pointers. But its real nature was the stillness and calm of the mind that was constantly manifest in his meditation as well as his worldly chores, even when meeting people. The outer manifestation of Ramana's silence was an absence of speech. “When he chose to answer questions, each sentence was like a text from the Upanishad, so full of meaning that it required calm, silent pondering over in order to be understood fully,” writes Professor T.M.P. Those few words were remarkably succinct and profound. Sometimes, his caretakers would finger-count the words he spoke in a day. But when prompted, he would give minimal teachings. Visitors would get their questions answered, their thirst quenched, their confusions cleared in his presence. He just glanced at them with a compassionate gaze, which brought about subtle spiritual changes in them. When visitors came to see him, Ramana tried to help them have a glimpse of their true Self through silent transmission. In that revelation of the Self, the egoist concept of individual and separate “I” dissolves and you are put on the path of moksha (liberation) or ultimate union with the Self.īut of course, it cannot happen that simply. Ramana referred to this Self as God or Shiva or Brahma, as the occasion required. And this I, in its bare starkness, finds itself no different to the un-manifest basis of all creation-or the Self. The questioning is done consistently to such a degree that the question vanishes and everything the “I” associates itself with is dropped, leaving behind the bare, naked I-ness. Ramana is best remembered and revered for his teaching of self-inquiry, in the form of “Who am I”. Later his devotees started calling him Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharsi. Maharshi was born on a night earlier, December 30, in the year 1879, near the south Indian town of Madurai as Venkataraman Iyer. The followers of Ramana Maharshi celebrated 141 ST Jayanti (birth anniversary) of one of the greatest Indian mystics of the past century. The last day of the year that passed, December 31, was special for spiritual seekers.