Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

The Advaita Meditation

 

HERE FOLLOWS THE SECRET FORMULARY FOR INHERING IN THE ALL-INCLUSIVE AND UNDIFFERENTIATED SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY. BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI WAS KNOWN TO STATE THAT REPEATED READING OF THE TEXT WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE REALIZATION OF SAMADHI:

ABSOLUTE INHERENCE IN REALITY MEANS BECOMING ONE WITH THE IMMUTABLE, TRANQUIL, NON-DUAL SUPREME ABSOLUTE WHICH IS EXISTENCE-CONSCIOUSNESS-BLISS , THE ESSENCE OF ALL, MAKING THE WANDERING MIND ONE WITH IT LIKE MILK AND WATER, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF ALL CONCEPTS. THE MANIFESTED UNIVERSE INCLUDING THE BODY-MIND COMPLEX OF THE PERCEIVER DOES NOT REALLY EXIST, AND EVERYTHING IS THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE SELF AND ONESELF. DISCARDING EVERYTHING, BECOME ONE WITH THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY AND , REMAINING AS THAT, BE HAPPY.

 ABIDE AS THAT WHICH DOES NOT SHOW ANY DUALITY IN TERMS OF SUBJECT-OBJECT NOR THE LEAST TRACE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER THOUGHT NOR IMAGINATION NOR CONCEPT, NEITHER PEACE NOR SELF-CONTROL, NEITHER MIND NOR INTELLECT, NEITHER CONFUSION NOR CERTAINTY, NEITHER BEING NOR NON-BEING AND NO PERCEPTION OF DUALITY. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD QUALITY, NEITHER PLEASURE NOR PAIN, NEITHER THOUGHT NOR SILENCE, NO I-AM-THE -BODY IDEA, NO OBJECTS OF PERCEPTION WHATSOEVER. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER ATTACHMENT NOR ITS EFFECTS, NEITHER THOUGHTS NOR A THINKER, NEITHER OBSERVATION NOR AN OBSERVER.

ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER THE LIMITING POWER OF ILLUSION NOR ITS EFFECTS. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO SELF-KNOWING WISDOM, NO EFFECT OF ACTION, NO SEPARATE SUPREME STATE , AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, FREE FROM ALL TRACES OF THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER BODY NOR SENSES NOR VITAL FORCES, NEITHER MIND NOR INTELLECT NOR IMAGINATION, NEITHER EGO NOR IGNORANCE, NOR ANYONE WHO IDENTIFIES WITH THEM- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY , FREE FROM ALL TRACES OF THOUGHT.

 ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NEITHER DESIRE NOR ANGER, NEITHER GREED NOR DELUSION, NEITHER ILL-WILL NOR PRIDE, NO IMPURITIES OF MIND AND NO FALSE NOTIONS OF BONDAGE AND LIBERATION. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO BEGINNING OR END, NO TOP OR BOTTOM OR MIDDLE, NO TIME OR SPACE, NO OBJECTS OF PERCEPTION- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, FREE FROM ALL TRACES OF THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN THE REAL AND THE UNREAL- NO YEARNING FOR LIBERATION, NO MASTER OR DISCIPLE, NO REALIZED STATE, NO LIBERATION- NOTHING WHATSOEVER AT ANY TIME- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, FREE FROM ALL TRACES OF THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE ARE NO SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS, NO ONE WHO THINKS. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO WORD OR ITS MEANING, NONE OF THE MANIFOLD CAUSES AND EFFECTS, NO SAMENESS OR OTHERNESS, NO UNIVERSE OF ANY KIND, NO OTHER WORLD, NO SENSE OF I OR MIND, NO CONCEPT WHATSOEVER- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, WITHOUT THE LEAST TRACE OF THOUGHT.

ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO ONE TO IDENTIFY WITH ANY CONCEPT WHATSOEVER. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE OF ANY KIND, NO SENSES NOR ANYONE TO USE THEM, NO OBJECTS TO PERCEIVE, NO CONCEPTS TO BE THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS TRANSCENDENT BLISS, THAT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY IMMEDIATE, THAT BY BECOMING WHICH ONE BECOMES IMMORTAL, ETERNAL- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, WITHOUT THE LEAST TRACE OF THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT, ON REALIZING AND EXPERIENCING THE BLISS OF WHICH, ALL JOYS APPEAR TO BE THE JOYS OF THAT, THAT WHICH, KNOWN TO BE ONESELF, KNOWS THERE IS NOTHING APART FROM ONESELF. ABIDE AS THAT, ON KNOWING WHICH TO BE ONESELF, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO BE KNOWN, EVERYTHING BECOMES ALREADY KNOWN AND EVERY PURPOSE ACCOMPLISHED- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, WITHOUT THE LEAST TRACE OF THOUGHT.

ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS ATTAINED EASILY AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN ONE KNOWS THAT ONE IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY, THAT WHICH RESULTS IN THE SUPREME BLISS OF THE REAL, THAT WHICH EXPERIENCES INCOMPARABLE AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION- AND BE ALWAYS HAPPY, WITHOUT THE LEAST TRACE OF THOUGHT. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH REMAINS WITHOUT A SECOND, NOTHING OTHER THAN ONESELF IS SEEN TO EXIST AND INCOMPARABLE BLISS IS EXPERIENCED. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS UNDIFFERENTIATED BLISS, ABSOLUTELY NON-DUAL, THE UNDIFFERENTIATED SUPREME REALITY, THE SOURCE, THE HEART, THE ESSENCE OF ALL, WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE WHATSOEVER, THE UNDIFFERENTIATED WHOLE, PERFECTLY PURE- AND WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE THAT, BE ALWAYS HAPPY.

ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE ARE NO CONCEPTS OR ANYTHING ELSE WHATSOEVER. THE EGO CEASES TO EXIST, ALL DESIRES DISAPPEAR, THE MIND BECOMES EXTINCT AND ALL CONFUSION COMES TO AN END. ABIDE AS THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO AWARENESS OF THE BODY, NO PERCEPTION OF MIND OR OBJECTS, THAT IN WHICH THERE IS PERFECT ONENESS WITH REALITY. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY, THE SUPREMELY SUBTLE, THE NON-DUAL AND UNDIFFERENTIATED ONE. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS ABSOLUTE TRUTH, SUPREME TRANQUILITY, ABSOLUTELY ATTRIBUTELESS, THE . ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS EVERYTHING FROM THE EXPERIENTIAL POINT OF VIEW AND NOTHING FROM THE ABSOLUTE POINT OF VIEW, ALWAYS TRANQUIL, WITH NOTHING SEPARATE FROM IT. ABIDE AS THAT WHICH IS UTTERLY BEYOND BODY, MIND, SENSES AND CONSCIOUSNESS- TIMELESS, SPACELESS, UTTERLY BEYOND ALL CONCEPTUALIZATION, UTTERLY BEYOND ALL DEFINITION, THE DIVINE SOURCE, THE HEART, THE ESSENCE OF ALL, THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE REALITY- ALL THERE IS- THAT I AM.

(Adapted from : Jones, F. ed. The Heart of the Ribhu Gita. Los Angeles: Dawn Horse, 1973 )