Enlightenment & Self Realization: What is it? The teachings of Ramana Maharshi | David Godman (#61)

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    -- MY GUEST --
    David Godman has extensively written on the life, teachings and disciples of Ramana Maharshi, an Indian sage who lived and taught for more than fifty years at Arunachala, a sacred mountain in Tamil Nadu, India. He first visited the Tiruvannamalai ashram of Ramana Maharshi in 1976. And for 8 years, between 1978 and 1985, he was the librarian of the ashram. In the last 30 years he has written or edited 16 books on topics related to Sri Ramana, his teachings and his followers.
    Quote: ‘The thinking mind and the I-thought are one and the same. The thinking mind is an illusion.’
    As the author of the book 'Be, As You Are', David is deeply familiar with the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, who is considered the most important Indian saint of the 20th century.
    â–ș About David Godman:
    www.davidgodman.org/
    â€Ș@David_Godman‬
    Episode originally published: Tue-26/10/21
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    -- THEMES --
    â–șWho Ramana was and why he was considered the most important Indian saint of the 20th century?
    â–șHow did Ramana experience Self-realisation?
    â–șWhat did Ramana mean by ‘No effort is required to realize the omnipresent Self. In fact, it has always been realised. Only the illusion of the I-thought has to be overcome in order to realize this.’?
    â–șDid he recommend any practices or ‘character’ qualities to realize the Self?
    â–șCould you explain Ramanas way of teaching? How did he lead his devotees to realize the Self?
    â–șWere there spontaneous Self-realisations? If so, how did they manifest or express?
    â–șHow would one describe life after Self-realisation?
    â–șDoes Self-realisation mean you have to meditate until you pass through different states of consciousness, such as samadhi, or did / could it occur instantaneously?
    â–șHow did Ramana define the mind and what was reality to him?
    â–șDid Ramana believe everyone who wanted to could realize the Self in this lifetime?
    â–șWhat did Ramana mean by ‘There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.’? Should we (our ego) still strive for something, e.g. Self-realisation?
    â–șHow did his teaching differ / was similar to other advaita teachers, such as Papaji / Nisargadatta Maharaj?
    â–șHow did your life change working and spending so much time with many great gurus?
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Komentáƙe • 32

  • @nastybadger-tn4kl
    @nastybadger-tn4kl Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    No one is better than you because without it , what ever you learn is wasted. There is no point

  • @radhikaschwartz3499
    @radhikaschwartz3499 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +14

    So glad to see David on line after a long break. Missed his simple eloquence as he always brings Ramanas teaching alive

    • @lazerlloyd1
      @lazerlloyd1 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

      I don’t think this is new but a while ago

    • @michaeldillon3113
      @michaeldillon3113 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      ​​@@lazerlloyd1Yes I think this is something that appeared a couple of years ago on the Beyond Perception Channel .
      Sad because I like David very much except where he talks about other ' Gurus ' he has encountered. âœŒïžđŸ•‰ïž

    • @shaneashby5890
      @shaneashby5890 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      @@michaeldillon3113 David is simply pointing out that Bhagavan is the Gurus of Gurus. Once you find Bhagavan you’re seeking is over and all you have to do is be quiet. 🙏

  • @ace789ful
    @ace789ful Pƙed 12 dny +1

    Thank goodness for David Godman! Without him many of us would have never heard of Ramana Maharshi and his teachings. It has been a revelation reading David's books and viewing his videos over the last decade. Much gratitude and love to you sir.

  • @nagodio
    @nagodio Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +4

    To observe without the observer 
 the whole consciousness reveals itself

  • @remorossi5487
    @remorossi5487 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +4

    What a great presentation of knowledge thank you I just needed to hear this and have a more understanding

  • @nastybadger-tn4kl
    @nastybadger-tn4kl Pƙed 21 dnem

    First thing first , THERE IS NO WISDOM in Words!

  • @loveoutpouring
    @loveoutpouring Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    An hour of pure wisdom. Thank you David and Simon for sharing the knowledge and path of Sri Ramana Maharshi. ❀

  • @112jungle
    @112jungle Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    Missed you David

  • @romanlang921
    @romanlang921 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    Very beautiful, thank you for sharing your experience with this simple yet powerful "teaching" pointing to truth - nothing ever happened

  • @scottk7515
    @scottk7515 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +3

    This conversation is perhaps the most clarifying and clear-spoken elucidation of an inherently murky concept - the Realization. Thank you both for this wonderful exchange.

  • @builderbob3149
    @builderbob3149 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    Excellent interview... đŸŒ»

  • @theself5382
    @theself5382 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    David usually doesn't read any comments, but curious if ever communicated with Robert Adams over the years...whose visit with Ramana at Arunachula at the age of 18 or so 'stuck', to put it mildly. One of the few Americans to have done so, and his satangs echo all that Ramana was about.

    • @shaneashby5890
      @shaneashby5890 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      David and Robert never met, David has said this on many occasions. David has also spoken very highly of Robert ever time he has spoken about him.

  • @holgerjrgensen2166
    @holgerjrgensen2166 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    What We call I',
    is the Only Real Steady Point,
    in Existence,
    Behind the Motion-Ocean,
    Stuff-side of Life.
    Even its 100% immaterial Nature,
    it have the most Objective Status.
    There is Only the Same I',
    it is the Being behind the Living,
    that No one have ever Seen.
    Our Eternal Consciousness,
    is mirrored in the Rainbow.
    I', and the Consciousness,
    is the Cause-Less Cause.
    X1, and X2.
    Life can't be Created,
    Life is the Creator.
    Consciousness can't be Created,
    can Only re-newed and developed.

  • @celioleite11
    @celioleite11 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    Great to see David JI. But the Simon cloud study more about Ramana before the interview. Weak observations and questions.

  • @jpandyaraja
    @jpandyaraja Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    David Godman...it has come to notice of many people on internet, that Robert Adams made up his story of being at Ramana Ashram...Some of if is on the authority of none other than Kitty Osborne who has written very vehemently on this matter..also Ramana Asram has no record of Adams being there , ever.Could you clear this matter up pls ?

  • @db8799
    @db8799 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    The many masks of Awareness...
    If you see a painting of swans, you will see only swans,
    and deluded, not the real, the paint of which it is made.
    This is how the One Self gets tricked into seeing a world.
    There is only the Peace of God.
    When a soap bubble pops
    Where is the loss ?
    The same space is there,
    Minus the gloss !
    The Self exists with form and without...

    • @manarama1753
      @manarama1753 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      We all know his.boring story

  • @albundy9597
    @albundy9597 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    Ramana and Nisargadatta's teachings are basically Hinduism with bells on. Ramana's 'final truth' makes all perseverance to 'enlightenment' pointless,..."
    "There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth''.

  • @manarama1753
    @manarama1753 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    Blablabla

  • @jivkoobreshkov9625
    @jivkoobreshkov9625 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    Did you smoke weed?

    • @radhikaschwartz3499
      @radhikaschwartz3499 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      After years of meditating one’s awareness becomes so clear that smoking weed loses any attraction as it dulls the mind and senses

    • @michaeldillon3113
      @michaeldillon3113 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      đŸ€Ș- - looks like he has 😅

  • @billyjames9861
    @billyjames9861 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    Te'-Man AKA T'Rar, is a land in the district of Edom, and the grandson of Esau. (Whom God does not like)
    ŚœŚ‘Ś“Ś•Ś§ Edin
    Teman (Hebrew: ŚȘŚžŚ™ŚŸ) Edom
    Christian - Eden.
    ----///
    It is supported by those who wish it upon other:
    I can’t afford enough time that I was sinking.
    You won’t recognise where your here because you believe you can be somewhere else.
    The black prince only makes sense because it is seen against a white background.
    I’m not going to fuss to much about the inside but it’s looking better already.
    It could have been different behind the clock.
    It’s like trying to do a jigsaw when you haven’t got the picture on the box.
    Demons aren’t what you were thinking.
    If I wanted to go down I couldn’t because I’d already drank to much.
    What’s your looking for ?
    IE: Haven’t we been established, the sanity has replaced the insanity that preceded the first drink !
    They found him last night, I can’t believe it, I thought he was gone forever.
    If they take off in the fog they’ll never land it.
    And if they try to they’ll crash.
    You think you want freedom, but if you know what freedom means, you will run away from that.
    The Matt and Satin finish is yet to be de-term-Inn’ed.
    How far into this clock have ever been
    I hadn’t had a drink since then.
    The Susan Morphew Case, ‘Nothing is what it seems’
    -------
    And it’s never came - He who was till then - The pins are hidden by the shadow of this plastic due to height of the connector.
    The ego = (God appearing to be something it’s not) -IE: We might be battling the unknown if they don’t - Once you know Father Christmas isn’t real, you can never get back to believing he’s real again ??? Not knowing what had happened would have been intolerable - I’m finding that there’s something else going on, nothing to do with reading a book ??? - It’s strange, it’s like it’s not in the words but maybe it wouldn’t be happening without the words ??? - It’s definitely not in the ideas and yet maybe it wouldn’t be happening without the ideas, maybe it would be, people go on silent retreats !!! And that’s the system itself - The things/objects are over (Cloak) emphasised and the awareness is under-played - (Thus awareness is not being conscious, it’s what we’re conscious of - To tell you your trapped by inferring that there is a you which could be free to think there’s a better way -
    But there’s an ideation of an image called selfing - The mental state points to the after as being the before - (Language emphasis there is an us and uses the subjective experience to make an object of ideation IE: Your the all that’s been thinking about)
    But there isn’t a self doing the selfing that implies there’s a self doing it - There’s a mechanical system doing: Thus is reinforcing the nouning that your not - Not. ‘Knot’
    Mamma has died in the night - Looking from the bondage of self (As self) - Contracted energy or pseudo eye strap from chest to head over cloaked by a superimposed phantom which orchestrates the Trinity which actuates the body.
    It may have a real importance to being wrong because it will be right about how wrong it believes you are, so your wondering why your messing things up because then it can be right about how wrong you are. Narcissus and Hermes Trismegistus),

  • @nastybadger-tn4kl
    @nastybadger-tn4kl Pƙed 21 dnem

    Second thing second , All humans are conman by default. its just the way game is played

  • @nastybadger-tn4kl
    @nastybadger-tn4kl Pƙed 21 dnem

    Never respect another human being for having knowledge. its wrong...100% wrong. if you quote someone ... meaning you never understood the meaning