Author: Andrew Taggart
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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‘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…
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Balyani’s Know Yourself: An Explanation of the Oneness of Being: A Summary Of His Propositions
Balyani (possibly but not likely Ibn ‘Arabi), Know Yourself: An Explanation of the Oneness of Being, trans. Cecilia Twinch, Beshara Publications, 2011. Below, I provide a summary, in my own words, of what I take to be the ‘philosophical system’ of Balyani. Interpretation Balyani’s treatise is a treatment of the hadith: “Whoever knows their self,…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 