In response to yesterday’s post, Be Kind, a friend wrote in an email: Kindness is the main dharma that I try to live by. I have also been blessed to receive kindness from many living beings in my life, and it truly feels like grace is showering upon us when we experience it, either from […]
Year: 2019
Be kind
We should try always to be kind. Be generous, cause happiness, listen to other people, see things from their point of view. Avoid causing pain. Do no harm. Give and help and soothe and cheer. Be this way not just with people but with all creatures that have feelings. This is so simple that nothing […]
Did Ramana practice Self-enquiry for four years or a few minutes?
For a revised, expanded, improved version of this article, see How Ramana Maharshi realized the Self on my Substack blog. How did Ramana Maharshi get Self-realized? The standard description goes something like this: One day when Ramana was 16 years old, for no apparent reason, he suddenly thought he was about to die. Instead of […]
Only when there is absolutely no sense of the self
I’m putting this video here because of the section that starts at 8:05 when he says, “But there is a different form…” and continues until 9:43. This is Jiddu Krishnamurti at age 84.