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Ramana Maharshi • Be As You Are: The spiritual teachings and wisdom of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Arkana)
The Upanishads say that none but a Guru can take a man out of the jungle of mental and sense perceptions, so there must be a Guru.
Arthur Osborne • Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge
Whether a Hindu believes in an ultimate impersonal reality or a personal God has important consequences for his or her religious practice and spiritual journey.
Kim Knott • Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Especially for beginners, choosing a guru who has taken a vow as a monk or a nun is often a safe option with fewer loopholes.
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
While the teacher may have learned to parrot the language of ultimate reality, this is absolutely no substitute for direct realization of it.
Daniel Ingram • Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book
Submission to this Guru is not submission to any outside oneself but to the Self manifested outwardly in order to help one discover the Self within.
Arthur Osborne • Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge
Where there is neither day nor night, Neither what is nor what is not, but only Shiva.
Eknath Easwaran • The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2)
“God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.”
Paramhansa Yogananda • Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of the Philosophical library 1946 First Edition)
