Blogs Posts on "Duality"

Self-attentiveness is nirvikalpa – devoid of all differences or variation by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 27, 2009A friend recently wrote to me suggesting:... Indeed Nan Yar? contains everything we need to know and I would be very grateful if you would do translation for mumukshu, giving roman transliteration of every word according to the dictionary (minimum tw...

Atma-vichara and metta bhavana (‘loving-kindness’ meditation) by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 4, 2009A friend recently wrote to me asking:I’ve got a question concerning atma-vichara in relation to some meditation techniques.Before I came across Sri Bhagavan's teachings I practised some form of Buddhist meditation which is called ‘metta’ or lov...

Upadesa Tanippakkal – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 26, 2009In continuation of my previous six articles, which were explanatory paraphrases of Upadesa Undiyar, Ulladu Narpadu, Ulladu Narpadu Anubandham, Ekatma Panchakam, Appala Pattu and Anma-Viddai (Atma-Vidya), the following is the last of seven extracts fr...

Pint-sized philosophy: Cartesian Duality by xenophon-19 on Jun 15, 2009(This is part of a series looking at key philosophical ideas, and explaining them in under 200 words. In this installment I will be looking at Rene Descartes and his Meditation II, where he first tackles the minds and bodies problem , his is an end...

Ulladu Narpadu – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 14, 2009

Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam – an overview by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 4, 2009I am currently preparing to upload four new e-books to the Books section of my website, namely Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam, Sri Ramanopadesa Noonmalai, Part Two of The Path of Sri Ramana and Sadhanai Saram, and I am drafting introductory pages for...

Archie: Brightly Colored Dualities by The Skwib on May 28, 2009So Archie has chosen. And by choosing, he’s taking us down a dark path. Not since Rene Descartes polished off a sixth bottle of wine and slurred the famous maxim, “I drink therefore I am”, has there been a more culturally critical...

Ekatma Vivekam – the kalivenba version of Ekatma Panchakam by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on May 28, 2009Sri Ramana composed many of his Tamil works — such as Ulladu Narpadu, Ekatma Panchakam, Devikalottara – Jnanachara-Vichara-Padalam, Atma Sakshatkara Prakaranam, Bhagavad Gita Saram and Atma Bodham — in a four-line poetic metre called venba, whi...

Arranged by Franz Patrick's Film Archive on May 19, 2009Arranged ★★★ / ★★★★ I really enjoyed watching this indie drama about an Orthodox Jew (Zoe Lister Jones) and a Muslim originally from Pakistan (Francis Benhamou) who build a friendship out of commonalities despite their religious backgro...

Barry Lyndon by Franz Patrick's Film Archive on Mar 8, 2009Barry Lyndon ★★★★ / ★★★★ I can’t say that this is one of my favorite films from Stanley Kubrick, but I have to admit that this picture is extremely well-crafted. I was impressed that Kubrick shot each scene with only natural lig...