Month: March 2022

• March 30, 2022

  The Warrior Spirit

  Overview This is Part 4 of a 5-part series devoted to Sri Ramana Maharshi’s method of Self-inquiry (atma vichara). In this Dharma Talk, I place special emphasis on the need for earnest resolve. That fire burns in the earnest sadhu who embodies, as I term it here, “the warrior spirit.” To Learn More Nonduality Newsletter…
• March 30, 2022

  The Mind Turned Inwards Is The Self

  Overview This is Part 3 of a 5-part series devoted to Sri Ramana Maharshi’s method of Self-inquiry (atma vichara). In this Dharma Talk, I discuss the following satsang question from Day by Day with Bhagavan (Ramana Maharshi): Another visitor asked Bhagavan, “What is the difference between the mind and the Self?” Bhagavan: There is no…
• March 29, 2022

  Self-inquiry (Atma Vichara) Is Not A Mantra

  Overview This is Part 2 of a 5-part series devoted to Sri Ramana Maharshi’s method of Self-inquiry (atma vichara). In this Dharma Talk, I spell out some of the differences between repeating a mantra and doing Self-inquiry. The latter, most surely, is an inquiry into what I do not know but seek to know: I…
• March 28, 2022

  One-pointedness In The Practice Of Self-inquiry (Atma Vichara)

  Overview This is Part 1 of a 5-part series devoted to Sri Ramana Maharshi’s method of Self-inquiry (atma vichara). In this Dharma Talk, I discuss how Self-inquiry facilitates dropping the “many thoughts” (in Ramana Maharshi’s words) so that there can be holding onto the “one thought.” That one thought is: “Who am I?” In brief,…
• March 19, 2022

  ‘Mind Turned inwards Is The Self; Turned Outwards… The ego And World’

  Let us philosophically contemplate the following passage with reverence, awe, and assiduousness: Another visitor asked Bhagavan, “What is the difference between the mind and the Self?” Bhagavan: There is no difference [essentially]. The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and the world. Day by Day with Bhagavan, p. 106…