The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: A Visual Journey

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Summary: Zen without 'Zen.'
Review: The straightforward teaching of Ramana Maharshi is, in essence, akin to the 'direct pointing to the Mind' advocated
by the best Zen teachings. DIGEST what is hinted at in this book, and you won't have to waste time - getting in your own way. Thankfully,no obfuscation here about lineages, teachers and institutions. What is 'seeing' these lines - is what you are seeking. As the saying goes 'WATCH THIS SPACE.

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Summary: This may be all you need.
Review: Certain people are ripe for awakening to who they really are despite having little or no exposure to nonduality. This little book with its many photos and short quotations from Ramana may be the only thing they'll need for the recognition of their true nature to be revealed. His greatest teachings were in silence and that silence (Your true nature) fairly jumps out at the reader to re-awaken the long-forgotten silence of the reader, the silence that is always there but seldom noticed. The silence of his presence coming through the photos are complemented with short sayings which are powerful pointers back to the silence. Together they form a masterpiece work in redirecting awareness to its source.

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Summary: a pilgrimage in book form
Review: this beautiful book is a treat for anyone interested in spiritual insight. ramana maharshi was a wise man and more: an illumined man. the photos are beautiful, the text, though brief, is sublime. he insists we are o k just as we are. we fail to realize it because we fail to know ourselves as we really are; infinite and divine. to read this book is to partake in a visual and philosophical feast. its brevity demands attention. its truths have the power to enlighten. enjoy this book as a meditation which will help you see and know your true Self.

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Summary: A BEAUTIFUL BOOK.
Review: This book has become one of my favorites. It is filled with clear black and white photographs of Ramana Maharshi. Inserted on the pictures are GEMS of Ramana's teachings. The quotes are distilled and arranged in such a way to make them tremendously potent. I read a few pages at a time as I look at the pictures. I start feeling enlightenment. The words are dripping with profound simple insight into our apparent condition. The phantom self begins to drop away, peace begins to bring it's light, there is no need to seek. There is nowhere we need to go, it's all center, nobody's going anywhere. Time and space are but an illusion. Reading the words in this book. It's so simple and clear. All seeking, even religious seeking assume a separation from the infinite but the infinite is always here and now. Seeking objectifies and distances the infinite from us. It can even strenghthen the ego, now one has become a super holier than thou ego. There might be a certain readiness needed for this teaching. Some methods use seeking and a distance from God. Sometimes one needs to keep seeking because of all the commotion going on in one's soul. A tempest is blasting in one's soul and sometimes we are too in a hurry to be in the present. We've got things to do and places to go, you know. If you've begun to see the futility of seeking then you are ready for this book. You'll experience quiet, peace and stillness and an ordinary contentment with what is. What you feel after this depends on how much you contemplate and meditate upon these words and finally go beyond them into your REAL SELF. There is the phantom self and your REAL SELF. This book can help you find your REAL SELF that has been here all along, remember...?

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Summary: transformed
Review: This editor has done a masterful job of compiling brief quotes from Ramana Maharshi, the great master of the spiritual teaching called Advaita. The truth of Advaita is simple, and, as in Zen Buddhism, the apprehension of that truth is mind-stilling and profound. Each page of this book contains a quote that performs the mind-stilling function quite admirably. The illustrations - photographs of Ramana Maharshi, his ashram, and the mountain Arunachala - are very beautiful. However, it is the enormous silence behind the words on each page that give this book its power. I couldn't recommend any book more highly.

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Summary: A Great Window Into Ramana's Teachings
Review: This is one of the most useful and impactful books on Ramana Maharshi. Having read "all" of his works, when Matthew Greenblatt first presented this book, it really changed the standard on how to access Ramana. So much of Ramana's teachings are visual, or in silence, that, more than virtually any other teacher, this is a uniquely powerful way to convey his messages. If you buy no other book on Ramana, buy this one - everything is there. Among many "hard core" Ramana Maharshi folk, this has rapidly become the great favorite. Buy it - it can change your life.

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Summary: A Great Window Into Ramana's Teachings
Review: This is one of the most useful and impactful books on Ramana Maharshi. Having read "all" of his works, when Matthew Greenblatt first presented this book, it really changed the standard on how to access Ramana. So much of Ramana's teachings are visual, or in silence, that, more than virtually any other teacher, this is a uniquely powerful way to convey his messages. If you buy no other book on Ramana, buy this one - everything is there. Among many "hard core" Ramana Maharshi folk, this has rapidly become the great favorite. Buy it - it can change your life.