Disciples of Ramana Maharshi

[Natha Bhaktyananda]

egodust wrote:
>   If one is ripe for jnana (which implies that bhakti is *already*
> in evidence in the [now] pakva), Sri Bhagavan RM is the best, in my opinion.
> (And who's to say that He left none?  What about Nisargadatta and Poonjaji?
> They took chainsaws to my chit-jada granthi! hahaha!)
>-------------------------------

I would only say that very, very few are ripe for that kind of jnana, as
 experience
shows it. As about the two gentlemen you are asking, I don't know them
 personally; I
have just flipped through some of their books and found nothing there or in
 their
actions as heart-shaking as with Ramana Maharishi. That of course is IMHO.

With blessings,

--
Natha Bhaktyananda <natha at dk-online.dk>
Kxbmagergade 28, 2., 1150 K
Denmark
Tf.: (45) 33930858, Fax: (45) 33930668


PS. It is almost correct about the "sahaja samadhi", although there still seem
 to be
some metaphysical differences between it and the bhava samadhi.

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Hello,

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:51:20 GMT, egodust <egodust at DIGITAL.NET> wrote:

>I agree with your last statement, except that it depends on what sadhakas'
>inclinations are.  If one needs development in bhakti, Sri Ramakrishna is
>suited.  If one is ripe for jnana (which implies that bhakti is *already*
>in evidence in the [now] pakva), Sri Bhagavan RM is the best, in my opinion.
>(And who's to say that He left none?  What about Nisargadatta [...]

It's interesting that you juxtapose these two threads, because
Nisargadatta always had a couple of hours of bhajan chanting daily in
his ashram.....


Cheers,

Ken                         <*>
kstuart at mail.telis.org