Blogs Posts on "Self-surrender"

Thinking, free will and self-attentiveness by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Aug 16, 2009The following is a reply that I recently wrote to a friend:Regarding your final sentence, ‘We are only given the thoughts that we are allowed to have, and we can only act from the thoughts we are given’, who gives us the thoughts that we are allo...

‘Tracing the ego back to its source’ by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 12, 2009A friend recently wrote to me asking:I am stuck at a point where I feel I need help ... While reading Sri Ramana Maharshi’s work and Talks, there is this constant mention of tracing the ego back to the source. When I try to do it there is an arrest...

Sadhanai Saram – an introduction by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...

Sadhanai Saram – The Essence of Spiritual Practice (sadhana) by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...

Ulladu Narpadu Anubandham – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 21, 2009In continuation of my previous two articles, Upadesa Undiyar – an explanatory paraphrase and Ulladu Narpadu – an explanatory paraphrase, the following is the third of seven extracts from the introductory page that I have drafted for Sri Ramanopad...

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...

How to start practising atma-vichara? by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Apr 16, 2009A friend wrote to me recently asking:How to start with atma vichara?? Some says, “look at your thoughts”, some says, “see from where it occurs”, some says “see who does all this” — what in this is to be followed??? doesnt the one sees i...

What is self-attentiveness? by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jan 21, 2009A couple of weeks ago a person called Jon posted the following comment on one of my recent articles, Self-attentiveness and time:I’m having a hard time understanding exactly what Self-attentiveness is. I just don’t see where the ‘attentiveness�...

Self-enquiry, self-attention and self-awareness by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Dec 27, 2008A few weeks ago a very long anonymous comment was posted on one of my recent articles, Self-attentiveness, effort and grace. Though this comment was posted under the identity ‘Anonymous’, the name ‘Michael Langford’ was written at the end of...