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Thank you very much M On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:17 AM, SURESH JAGADEESAN <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear all, > > The most delighted words of Ramana by me. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Without yielding to the doubt "Is it possible, or not?", one should > persistently hold on to the meditation on the Self. Even if one be a > great sinner, one should not worry and weep > > "O! I am a sinner, how can I be saved?"; one should completely > renounce the thought "I am a sinner"; and concentrate keenly on > meditation on the Self; then, one would surely succeed. There are not > two minds - one good and the other evil; the mind is only one. It is > the residual impressions that are of two kinds - auspicious and > inauspicious. When the mind is under the influence of auspicious > impressions it is called good; and when it is under the influence of > inauspicious impressions it is regarded as evil. > > The mind should not be allowed to wander towards worldly objects and > what concerns other people. However bad other people may be, one > should bear no hatred for them. > > Both desire and hatred should be eschewed. All that one gives to > others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood who will > not give to others? When one's self arises all arises; when one's self > becomes quiescent all becomes quiescent. To the extent we behave with > humility, to that extent there will result good. If the mind is > rendered quiescent, one may live anywhere. > > -- > Thanks and best regards > J.Suresh > New No.3, Old No.7, > Chamiers road - 1st Lane, > Alwarpet, > Chennai - 600018 > Ph: 044 42030947 > Mobile: 91 9884071738 > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
