No. Ramana spontaneously woke-up at 16. He left home and eventually ended up in Southern India. People recognized his status and built an ashram around him. Google him and start reading. A very, very cool guy! Pure Shiva. Primal, unmoved, pristine pure consciousness. Amazing.
--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > was Ramana Maharishi involved with a more well known > teacher here in > the West, like Yogananda? When I checked out a > website and saw his > picture, he looked very familiar. > > Thanks for the quote- good reminder (and wonderful > joke!). > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Without understanding it correctly, people think > the > > Guru teaches the disciple something like, > > 'Tat-tvam-asi' and that the disciple realizes 'I > am > > Brahman'. In their ignorance, they conceive of > Brahman > > as something more huge and powerful than anything > > else. With a limited "I" the man is so stuck-up > and > > wild. What will be the case if the same "I" grows > up > > enormous? He will be enormously ignorant and > foolish! > > This false "I" must perish. Its annihilation is > the > > fruit of Guru seva[service] Realization is > eternal, > > and it is not newly brought about by the Guru. He > > helps in the removal of ignorance-that is all." > > > > -February 6, 1937 (from Talks with Ramana > Maharishi, > > p. 265). > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Discover Yahoo! > > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and > more. Check it > out! > > http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
