The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: August 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781590301395
Subjects: Hinduism; Religion - World Religions; Philosophy; Hinduism - General; Philosophy / Eastern; Eastern; Eastern - General
First sentence: The gross body, which is composed of the seven humors (dhatus), I am not; the five cognitive sense organs, i.e., the senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell, which apprehend their respective objects, i.e., sound, touch, color, taste, and odor, I am not; the five conative sense organs, i.e., the organs of speech, locomotion, grasping, excretion, and procreation, which have as their respective functions speaking, moving, grasping, excreting, and enjoying, I am not; the five vital airs, prana, etc., which perform respectively the five functions of in-breathing, etc., I am not; even the mind which thinks, I am not; the nescience too, which is endowed only with the residual impressions of objects, and in which there are no objects and no functions, I am not.