Category: philosophical counseling
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Renunciation Or Expansion Of Love And Affection?
The following is an excerpt from Ramanananda Swarnagiri’s Crumbs from his Table (2017; 10th edition), p. 42. It is a satsang between the writer and Sri Ramana Maharshi: D[isciple]: I have a good mind to resign from service and remain constantly with Sri Bhagavan [Ramana Maharshi] B [Ramana]: Bhagavan is always with you, in you,…
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Does My Realization Help Others?
A wonderful, powerful excerpt from Maharshi’s Gospel: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, p. 24. Could Ramana Maharshi be more beautiful? D[isciple]: Does my Realization help others? M[aharshi]: Yes, and it is the best help tat you can possibly render to others. Those who have discovered great truths have done so in the still depths…
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Expounding On The Nature Of Dukkha: ‘Something Here Isn’t Right’
English Buddhist scholar Peter Harvey has written a fine paper in which he discusses “Dukkha, Non-self, and the Teaching of the Four ‘Noble Truths” (PDF here). In but a few words, the Buddha seeks to sketch the human, or really creaturely, condition (Harvey translation and internal notes): Now this, monks, for the spiritually ennobled, is…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 