[Advaita-l] Sri Ramana Maharshi - A revolutionary?

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Hari Om, Karthik ji,

Although the huge number of followers of Ramana Maharshi think that
Bhagavan taught self-inquiry alone to the exclusion of everything else, I
personally think that that is not correct. To that effect, I would like to
quote from Talks, a question that Paramahamsa Yogananda (of "Autobiography
of a Yogi" fame) asked Bhagavan and his reply thereto:

//Quote

(29th November, 1935. Talk 107)
Later the Yogi (Swami Yogananda) asked: How is the spiritual uplift of the
people to be effected? What are the instructions to be given them?

*M.*: They differ according to the temperaments of the individuals and
according to the spiritual ripeness of their minds. There cannot be any
instruction en masse.

//Unquote

More clearer words, there couldn't be!

gurupAdukArpaNamstu,

--Praveen R. Bhat
/* Through what should one know That owing to which all this is known!
[Br.Up. 4.5.15] */


On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Karthik Subramanian <
karthikvathula at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> I would like to have some clarity on the above subject. The thoughts and
> views presented by Sri Ramana Maharshi were not essentially told previously
> in the way completely presented by him (at least in documented
> memory/history), although there were advocates of Dahara Vidya. Although I
> am not too sure, and many of these maybe just hearsay, there seem to have
> been instances where Maharshi questioned (at least indirectly) or gave
> different views to the prevailing/commonly accepted shastraic
> interpretations. I have gone through archives of mails in this group
> related to this, but did not find much clarification in them. Is the
> Self-Enquiry method appropriate for all; does it not require a fair amount
> chitta shuddhi obtained through vihita karmas, in the same way that one
> approaches jnana marga. I have not seen Maharshi speaking much about
> performance of vihita karma, rather it veers back to the point of observing
> who is performing them. But will this
>  observation bear fruit directly, without performance of the vihita karmas.
>
> What do the Acharyas of the Sankarite institutions opine on Sri Ramana
> Maharshi's teachings. I read someplace that the Sringeri Jagadguru HH Sri
> Bharathi Tirtha Mahaswami saying that the marga for jnana prapti being
> taught and followed for ages by the Acharyas of Advaita sampradaya,
> especially Sri Shankara Bhagavadpadacharya, was most appropriate for all to
> follow. I may not be able to trace back to the origins of this advice of
> Acharyal.
>
> Regards,
>
> Karthik
>
> PS: I am not looking forward to comments such as quoting the appearance of
> Sringeri Mutt's name in an ashtottara version of Sri Ramana Maharshi, and
> saying that this was enough proof of accepting the Ramana way by the Mutt.
> On the other hand, I have had the good opportunity of meeting the
> descendants of Sri Ramana Maharshi and got the information that the only
> accepted Ashtottara version is the one in vogue, being followed by the
> ashram, composed by Sri Viswanatha Swami.
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