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Gems from Bhagavan
A NECKLACE OF SAYINGS BY
B HAGAVAN S RI R AMANA M AHARSHI
ON VARIOUS VITAL SUBJECTS
STRUNG TOGETHER BY
A. D EVARAJA M UDALIAR
SRI RAMANASRAMAM
Tiruvannamalai
2000
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© Sri Ramanasramam
Tiruvannamalai
First Published
1965
Sixth Edition
2000
Copies
2000
CC No: 1016
Price: Rs.
Published by
V.S. Ramanan
President, Board of Trustees
Sri Ramanasramam
Tiruvannamalai 606 603
Designed and typeset at
Sri Ramanasramam
Printed by
Kartik Offset Printers
Chennai 600 015
PREFACE
I have been, for sometime now, seriously considering that
a book containing within a small compass all the most
important of Bhagavan’s teachings is a real desideratum, and
if I seek to supply it in my own way according to my light and
to the best of my ability, the small service I thereby render
may be of use to readers in general and Bhagavan’s devotees
in particular and may even be aceptable to Bhagavan as His
child’s efforts to do something good and useful. This is my
only excuse for this book.
— A. Devaraja Mudaliar
CONTENTS
Chapter
Page
1 Happiness
1
II The Self and Non-Self
3
III Mind
10
IV ‘Who am I?’ — Enquiry
13
V Surrender
18
VI The Three States
21
VII Grace and Guru
23
VIII Self-Realization
26
IX Heart
34
X Renunciation
37
XI Fate and Freewill
40
XII Jnani
42
XIII Miscellaneous
45
I
HAPPINESS
A LL BEINGS DESIRE HAPPINESS ALWAYS,
happiness without a tinge of sorrow. At the same time
everybody loves himself best. The cause for love is only
happiness. So, that happiness must lie within oneself. Further,
that happiness is daily experienced by everyone in sleep when
there is no mind. To attain that natural happiness one must
know oneself. For that, Self-enquiry, ‘Who am I?’ is the chief
means.
Happiness is the nature of the Self. They are not different.
The only happiness there is, is of the Self. That is the truth.
There is no happiness in worldly objects. Because of our
ignorance we imagine we derive happiness from them.
If, as a man generally imagines, his happiness is due to
external causes, it is reasonable to conclude that his happiness
must increase with the increase of possessions and diminish
in proportion to their diminution. Therefore, if he is devoid of
possessions his happiness should be nil. What, however, is
the real experience of man? Does it confirm this view? In
deep sleep the man is devoid of all possessions, including his
own body. Instead of being unhappy he is quite happy.
Everyone desires to sleep soundly. The conclusion therefore
is that happiness is inherent in man and is not due to external
causes. One must realize his Self in order to open the store of
unalloyed happiness.
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