[Advaita-l] MuktikA Upanishad / MuktikOpanishat cited by srI VidyAraNya svAmI in PanchdaSI

[Nithin Sridhar]

Ramakrishna did have Guru. In fact 2 Guru's. One Totapuri who initiated him
in Vedanta and two Bhairavi Brahmani who Initiated into Tantric 64
sadhanas.

That was not my point. I said before that, "For an Highly Advanced soul",
even a single Mahavakya is enough. I.e. for simple folks like us, even
hundreds of scriptures may not be enough if not accompanied by sadhana!

I am not contradicting what you said, in fact supporting your contention!


On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Sujal Upadhyay <sujal.u at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nithin bhai, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa did his sadhana and had darshan of
> Maa Kali without any external guru and so did Sri Ramana Maharshi realized
> his true nature without any external Guru. They both are exceptions and not
> rule and both are considered as an avatar. There was no disciple, no formal
> initiation, no external guidance, no vaidhi vidhi, just pure intense love,
> devotion and total surrender.
>
> Generally, for human being, just realizing one form of God is enough, but
> Sri Ramakrishna had a mission to complete, hence he even crossed borders of
> religion, just to prove by practice and experience that all forms of God
> and all paths are true and valid. an exception is Buddhist way. Though he
> said that there is no difference between (original) teachings of Lord
> Buddha and Advaita.
>
> SRKP cannot be caged in any sampradAya. SRKP would go into samadhi even by
> listening to any name of God and at times he could even enter into samadhi
> by listening into words which are not said in civil tone. SRKP could see
> krishna in an English-boy who was standing and leaning on a tree with legs
> crossed and could see Maa Kali even in prostitute. Even if we d not
> consider him as an avatar, still he and Sri Ramana Maharshi are exceptions.
>
> Having a glimpse of samadhi and staying 24 x 7 (sahaj) is different.
>
> Hari OM
>
>
>
> OM
>
> Sujal Upadhyay
>
> "To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
> nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
>
> He who has faith has all
> He who lacks faith, lacks all
> It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
> FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ramakrishna Paramahamsa went into Nirvikalpa Samadhi within 3 days! He
> did
> > not need to study Upanishads etc!
> >
> > praNAms
> > Hare Krishna
> >
> > I think it is shankara bhagavatpAda who said 4 chapters in mAndUkya is
> the
> > essence of sarva upanishat-s.  Sri Subbu prabhuji any help??
> >
> > Hari Hari Hari bol!!!
> > bhaskar
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