The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

the Renowned Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi Is Beloved By Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, And Taoists Alike For The Inspirational Power Of His Teachings, Which Transcend All Religious Differences. Here Is A Collection Of Sri Ramana's Instructions And Discourses Culled From Three Works: who Am I? , Spiritual Instructions , and Maharshi's Gospel. these Teachings Are Arranged By Topics Such As Work And Renunciation, Silence And Solitude, Peace And Happiness, And The Discipline Of Self-inquiry. Reading This Book, Presented In Question-and-answer Format, Evokes The Feeling Of Being With This Outstanding Teacher At One Of His Intimate Teaching Sessions. After six years of solitude, Indian sage Ramana Maharshi reflects on the topics of peace, the self, and silence—featuring a foreword by Carl Jung The renowned Indian sage Ramana Maharshi is widely beloved—by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Taoists, and more—for the inspirational power of his teachings, which transcend all religious differences. Here is a collection of Sri Ramana’s instructions and discourses culled from three works: Who Am I? , Spiritual Instructions , and Maharshi’s Gospel . These teachings are arranged by topics such as work and renunciation, silence and solitude, peace and happiness, and the discipline of self-inquiry. Reading this book, presented in question-and-answer format, evokes the feeling of being with this outstanding teacher at one of his intimate teaching sessions. The gross body, which is composed of the seven humors (dhatus), I am not; the five cognitive sense organs, i.e., the senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell, which apprehend their respective objects, i.e., sound, touch, color, taste, and odor, I am not; the five conative sense organs, i.e., the organs of speech, locomotion, grasping, excretion, and procreation, which have as their respective functions speaking, moving, grasping, excreting, and enjoying, I am not; the five vital airs, prana, etc., which perform respectively the five functions of in-breathing, etc., I am not; even the mind which thinks, I am not; the nescience too, which is endowed only with the residual impressions of objects, and in which there are no objects and no functions, I am not. "The renowned Indian sage Ramana Maharshi is widely beloved—by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Taoists, and more—for the inspirational power of his teachings, which transcend all religious differences. Here is a collection of Sri Ramana’s instructions and discourses culled from three works: Who Am I?, Spiritual Instructions, and Maharshi’s Gospel. These teachings are arranged by topics such as work and renunciation, silence and solitude, peace and happiness, and the discipline of self-inquiry. Reading this book, presented in question-and-answer format, evokes the feeling of being with this outstanding teacher at one of his intimate teaching sessions." - Back cover Discusses work, renunciation, solitude, peace, happiness, and self-discovery