Disciples of Ramana Maharshi

[egodust]

Ken Stewart wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:54:59 GMT, egodust <egodust at DIGITAL.NET> wrote:
>
> >Ken wrote:
> >> Thus, the question calls for a specific answer having to do with the
> >> nature of Ramana's teachings and/or the nature of those who are
> >> attracted to his teachings.
> >>
> >
> >And I replied with a specific answer.  To refresh your memory, it's
> reproduced
> >below.  The answer may be debatable, but you can't say it's not specific...
> >
> >namaste.
> >
> >***************
> >
> >
> >Bhagavan's teachings are so direct and simple (and in this sense effective),
> >that people who sincerely follow and absorb them to any appreciable degree,
> >can't help but come away at least egoistically fractured, if not shattered...
> >the Self automatically starts taking over; albeit awkwardly perhaps.
>
> Okay, but why would this cause them to think they had realized the
> Self, when in reality, they were still operating from the viewpoint of
> ego?
>

How have you determined this?  Can you site an example?--without implicating
anyone--, a generalization would suffice.

As Giri pointed out, one of the foremost criteria for assessing a jnani is the
peace one may derive being in his/her company.  I don't think we as individuals
can discount the efficacy of a given teaching because it doesn't resonate with
our level of understanding.  It should be common knowledge amongst vedantists
that darshan varies with the capacity of the chela.  (I believe Ramakrishnan
alluded to this.  But my argument is that this is an advaita list, which
precludes espousing dvaita or even visisthadvaita.)

namaskaaram.