The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
by Ramana Maharshi
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Read in January, 2005
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not the faint-of-heart...
this is one of the hardest books i've ever read. it's existentialism to the Nth degree. it's a cocktail of philosophy and spirituality. it's so simple, it's hard. it's so hard, it's simple. my yoga teacher, tony, told me about this book two years ago. this isn't the sort of book through which one plows and tosses aside. it's a book to go back to and which to refer over and over.
maharshi realized, at the age of 16, that he needed to relinquish all personal possessions and belongings, a...more
maharshi realized, at the age of 16, that he needed to relinquish all personal possessions and belongings, a...more
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Read in August, 2007
This is a book I will be re-reading for years before I realize everything that is inside, if ever. My dad noticed I was toting a copy and told me he's been keeping this book by the side of his bed for years, saying it was the last book he ever had to read before he 'got it'. He still references it to this day. A book for the serious student of self-realization and Eastern practice.
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A truly great modern spiritual classic from one of the greatest twentieth century sages (perhaps THE greatest) of Advaita Vedanta, India's contribution to the nondual teachings. You don't have to believe in any religion or anything else to revel in the Maharshi's profundity, simplicity, and clarity. This is one of the books that started me on the spiritual search, and I return to it again and again.
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Excellent teachings on the meditative Hindu tradition by a saint.
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Read in October, 2005
True essences of Hinduism & eastern philosophies...
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