Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi is an outstanding example of how someone, who is ready to realize the Truth, can realize the Self even without the assistance of an external
Guru. Because, the Guru, or true revealer of the Truth, resides always within at the center of our Being. However, if a Self-realized Being is present, the presence alone is sufficient to assist any serious seeker in his quest and assure success. This is possible because pure Awareness is now able to express without the previous restrictions of the mind (ego).

Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879 as Venkataraman Iyer in the village of Tiruchuli in South India. At the age of twelve, his father Sundaram Iyer died and Ramana went to live with his uncle Subba Iyer in Madurai. His classmates remember that Ramana had a strong tendency for religious ecstasy even as a student. Others remember his abnormally deep sleeping habits that led to playing tricks on the young Ramana while he was asleep. Apart from that, Ramana was also described as strong and intelligent.

Ramana's life took a drastic turn when he was about sixteen years of age. A powerful fear of dying suddenly attacked Ramana but instead of running away, which he thought was no option, he decided to face this fear and investigate. Imitating a corpse, Ramana laid down and distanced himself from body and mind, pretending to be as dead as possible. Ramana entered the condition of silent Beingness and from thereon knew himself as pure Awareness. All fear of death had vanished once and for all.

After this event, Ramana Maharshi had lost all interest in continuing a normal life. Feeling a strong attraction to the Holy Hill Arunachala, Ramana moved there and soon people who met him sought his advice on many matters. The most important questions centered around how others could follow where seekers felt Ramana must have gone himself.

In answering their concerns, Ramana Maharshi recommended the concentration on "I" or the meditation on "who am I?" as a shortcut to the realization of the Self.

For more information, you can visit the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi website: www.sriramanamaharshi.org

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