ramana maharishi entire life
Ramana Maharishi says: “Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.”
Ramana Maharshi was a guru of international renown from southern India who taught during the first half of the twentieth century. He was born in 1879 near Madurai, Tamilnadu. In the summer of 1896, Ramana went into an altered state of consciousness which had a profound effect on him. He experienced what he understood to be his own death and later returned to life.
Though, this in no way means he did not use speech to clear devotees' doubts when the need arose. The talks and sayings contained in this app are his own words, captured by his loving devotees for the benefit of posterity, and are now presented to humanity in supreme texts like "Guru Vachaka Kovai" also known as "The collection of Guru's sayings".
Sri Ramana Maharshi teaches the path of Self-knowledge and Self-surrender. His central teaching is the direct path of practice of Self-enquiry of ‘WHO AM 1?’. Instead of trying to know this and that, he advises us to look within and enquire into our own nature. Knowing the Self, all is known and the joy of Being is experienced. His teachings bring hope to all those sincere seekers of the Eternal Self who are earnest to experience peace and happiness in their lives.
He was born in what is now Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. In 1895 an attraction to the holy hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanars was aroused in him,= and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a "death experience" in which he became aware of a "current" or "force" (avesam) which he recognized as his true "I" or "self", which he later identified with Ishvara. This resulted in a state which he later described as "the state of mind of Iswara or the jnani." Six weeks later he left his uncle's home in Madurai, and journeyed to the holy mountain Arunachala, Tiruvannamalai, where he took on the role of a sannyasin (though not formally initiated), and remained for the rest of his life.
