Sri Ramana on self realisation

Abstract

Sri Ramana Maharshi was one of India’s tallest sages. He was widely viewed as an incarnation of Lord Subramanya and espoused the path of self enquiry as a means to self realisation were practical, personal and direct. This method was not an intellectual exercise but a combination of karma yoga (working for others) and jnana yoga (working for oneself). He would often say: “All men are realised. Everyone is already realised and ever realised. “One thinks one is bound because one mistakes the body for the self which is infinite, pure awareness. “What we call realisation consists in getting rid of the wrong idea that one is not realised. Realisation is not something to be got anew. It is merely the elimination of ignorance.”

“What we call realisation consists in getting rid of the wrong idea that one is not realised. Realisation is not something to be got anew. It is merely the elimination of ignorance.”

In his view, realising the self is nothing but letting go of the non-self. He used to call religion “a great game of pretending.”

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