Antiquity of Advaita Vedanta (was Re: An Open Letter to All)

[Raghavendra Hebbalalu]

> > Ramana Maharshi does not use any classical textual
> framework to describe his
> > direct experience; he has his own framework to
> describe. That does not make
> > it a different experience.
> >
>
> Actually members of this list have mentioned sayings
> of his which show
> considerable knowledge of classical Advaita Vedanta.
>  I haven't read him
> myself so I can't comment on the veracity of that.
>

I don't know abot Nisargadatta Maharaj.  Ramana
Maharshi did recommend his disciples to study the
bhagavad-gIta, among other works. He also liked the
Ribhu-gIta. He has referred to several traditional
Advaita texts. Refer to this URL for further info.
http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/Book8.htm
This is just FYI.

Regards,
Raghavendra.


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