Ramana Maharshi Commentary

Verse 35 To abide in the Self is the only attainment - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi’s words:

"To seek and abide in the Reality that is always attained, is the only Attainment. All other attainments (siddhis) are such as are acquired in dreams.

Can they appear real to someone who has woken up from sleep? Can they that are established in the Reality and are free from maya, be deluded by them?"

Comments by Richard Clarke. With a talk by Nome, "Attainment of the ever attained.”  

Verse 34 Illusion is born of ignorance - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi's words:

"It is due to illusion born of ignorance that men fail to recognize That which is always and for everybody the inherent Reality dwelling in its natural Heart-centre and to abide in it,"

Commentary by Richard Clarke. With an audio from Nome, “Illusion of Duality.”  

Verse 33 There is only one Self - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi’s words:

"It is ridiculous to say either “I have not realized the Self” or “I have realized the Self,” are there two selves, for one to be the object of the other’s realization? It is a truth within the experience of everyone that there is only one Self."

Richard Clarke, reviewing and commenting on Sri Ramana Maharshi’s book, 40 Verses on Reality.

Song of Ribhu Chapter 8 Verses 1-6

Richard Clarke reading The Song of Ribhu. I am starting to read from, Chapter 8, the definition of the jivanmukta, one liberated while alive.

I’ll read the first six verses

In these verses Ribhu tell us about the characteristics of the jivanmukta. .

Listen to a few verses of the Ribhu Gita before you meditate and inquire. Email ramanacommentary@gmail.com with question or comments.

Verse 32 Investigate what you really are, and remain as That - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi’s words:

"Although the scriptures proclaim “Thou art That,” it is only a sign of weakness of mind to meditate “I am That, not this,” because you are eternally That.

What has to be done is to investigate what one really is and remain That."

Commentary by Richard Clarke, with a discourse by Nome, "Blissfully eternally true."

Verse 31. Immersed in the Self, nothing remains to be done - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi's words:

"For Him who is immersed in the bliss of the Self, arising from the extinction of the ego, what remains to be accomplished?"

Commentary by Richard Clarke, with a dialog from Nome, "There is nothing else to be known."

Verse 30 - When the “I” falls - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi's words: "If one enquires “Who am I?” within the mind, the individual “I” falls down."

You do not need to do anything to make the Self more real; the Self is already entirely real. The Self is just hidden, like the sun behind clouds. Clear away the clouds and the sun appears. It has always been there.

Comments by Richard Clarke, and an audio from Nome, "Reality of the Self."

 

Verse 29 Inquire - Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi's words: "The only enquiry leading to Self-realization is seeking the Source of the “I” with in-turned mind and without uttering the word ‘“I.” Meditation on “I am not this; I am That” may be an aid to the enquiry but it cannot be the enquiry.."

Commentary by Richard Clarke, with a short talk by Nome. 

Song of Ribhu, Chapter 5, Verses 38-40

In these verses Ribhu summarizes this chapter about discrimination; that the individual, the world, and the idea of a higher power are all only appearances and of the nature of the undivided supreme.

Read by Richard Clarke. 

Verse 28 Dive into oneself- Ramana Maharshi Podcast Forty Verses on Reality

Ramana Maharshi was one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the 20th century.
In this verse, he said, "Just as a man would dive in order to get something that had fallen into the water, so one should dive into oneself, with a keen one-pointed mind, controlling speech and breath, and find the place whence the “I” originates."
Commentary by Richard Clarke, with a talk by Nome, "Inquire."