10. THE LIFE OF RAMANA
The teaching of Ramana is not just glorious in words, Ramana himself lived it in every way.
On the 30th of December 1879 was born Venkataraman — who later came to be known to the world as Ramana Maharshi.
He was a somewhat average child, indulged in an average amount of mischief, was lazy at school, and he often liked to wrestle and play sports with his friends.
He came from a pious, devotional and generous middle–class Hindu family.
At the age of 16 he was overcome withe fear of death causing him to enquire within who he was, and experienced a dissolution of his ego, realization which stuck with him for the rest of his life, he left home and sat in in silence for 16 years.
After having lived a meditative sadhu life, devoid of possessions and sometimes so deep and long in meditation that his body could have been eaten partly by insects without him having noticed, he would eat and drink as people would feed him.
At some point, people became attracted and aware of his auspicious presence, and he began to life a more engaged life, eventually an Ashram was build around him, attracting visitors from all over the world.
He completely devoted himself to serve them all as best as he could.
He got up early in the morning to help in the kitchen, sometimes stitched leaf plates and worked as a builder as well as an architect.
He only accepted gifts that could be shared with everyone equally, his only possessions were his walking stick, loincloth and drinking bowl.
Most impressively he gave up all his privacy and free time to serve the desires of all his visitors who wanted to experience his grace and get [a taste of] enlightenment.
He would be accessible to all people at all times, and to all animal visitors, whom he looked out for and loved dearly and always insisted should be treated with equal respect.
He would mostly sit in silence, with his eyes open, and his presence would palpably radiate, causing people to experience [a glimpse pf] the silence and peace he felt.
At times he could look at someone in particular, intensifying the effect and revealing to them [a glimpse of] enlightenment.
He spoke at times when needed or when he was asked, but he remained mostly silent.
the book 'Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi' covers the accounts of 202 individuals describing their mystical meditative experiences they had experienced.
This is what he did throughout his whole life, he gave complete transparency and service, he always lived, showed and stood by what he said.
He did so until the very end of his life despite old age and ailments.
And therefor is widely rightly regarded as [one of] the deepest masters of our time.
O great Ramana, thank you for your service.
May all beings be happy, may all beings live in peace.
On the 30th of December 1879 was born Venkataraman — who later came to be known to the world as Ramana Maharshi.
He was a somewhat average child, indulged in an average amount of mischief, was lazy at school, and he often liked to wrestle and play sports with his friends.
He came from a pious, devotional and generous middle–class Hindu family.
At the age of 16 he was overcome withe fear of death causing him to enquire within who he was, and experienced a dissolution of his ego, realization which stuck with him for the rest of his life, he left home and sat in in silence for 16 years.
After having lived a meditative sadhu life, devoid of possessions and sometimes so deep and long in meditation that his body could have been eaten partly by insects without him having noticed, he would eat and drink as people would feed him.
At some point, people became attracted and aware of his auspicious presence, and he began to life a more engaged life, eventually an Ashram was build around him, attracting visitors from all over the world.
He completely devoted himself to serve them all as best as he could.
He got up early in the morning to help in the kitchen, sometimes stitched leaf plates and worked as a builder as well as an architect.
He only accepted gifts that could be shared with everyone equally, his only possessions were his walking stick, loincloth and drinking bowl.
Most impressively he gave up all his privacy and free time to serve the desires of all his visitors who wanted to experience his grace and get [a taste of] enlightenment.
He would be accessible to all people at all times, and to all animal visitors, whom he looked out for and loved dearly and always insisted should be treated with equal respect.
He would mostly sit in silence, with his eyes open, and his presence would palpably radiate, causing people to experience [a glimpse pf] the silence and peace he felt.
At times he could look at someone in particular, intensifying the effect and revealing to them [a glimpse of] enlightenment.
He spoke at times when needed or when he was asked, but he remained mostly silent.
the book 'Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi' covers the accounts of 202 individuals describing their mystical meditative experiences they had experienced.
This is what he did throughout his whole life, he gave complete transparency and service, he always lived, showed and stood by what he said.
He did so until the very end of his life despite old age and ailments.
And therefor is widely rightly regarded as [one of] the deepest masters of our time.
O great Ramana, thank you for your service.
May all beings be happy, may all beings live in peace.