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During his travels in India, John David met and interviewed sixteen spiritual masters. All encounters were filmed and transcribed for the book  “Blueprints for Awakening – Indian Masters” – a search for a deeper understanding of the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the great Indian Saint.

This Archive collects the answers each Master has given. 

You can browse the Archive by clicking on the pictures or questions.  

Ajja
Sri Nannagaru Indian Master
Ramesh Balsekar
kiran
Gangolli Spiritual Master
Ganesan

Dayananda 

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1. Sri Ramana proposed the fundamental question, 'Who am I?'- Who are you?
2. Many Western seekers come to India looking for enlightenment as if it is an experience, What is enlightenment?
3. Are there any qualifications for enlightenment? Is sadhana (spiritu practice) necessary? If yes, what form do you advise?
4. Sri Ramana said that Self-enquiry is the most direct route to reatising the Self. What do you say about Self-enquiry?
How to conduct Self-enquiry?
5. When Sri Ramana was asked, ‘When will the realisation of the Self be gained?’ he replied, ‘When the world which is what-is-seen has been removed, there will be realisation of the Self which is the seer.” What is the true understanding of the world? How to remove the world?
6. It has been suggested that the mind must be destroyed for liberation to occur, Do you have a mind? Sri Ramana used the term manonasha to describe the state of liberation, meaning destroyed mind. How to destroy the mind?
7. What about vasanas, the tendencies of the mind? Must these be removed before Self-realisation can become permanent? Is it enough to achieve a sattvic (calm and peaceful) state of mind and to know one’s vasanas so that they no longer bind? How to remove the vasanas?
8. At the end of his book, Self-Enquiry, Sri Ramana says, ‘He who is thus endowed with a mind that has become subtle, and who has the experience of the Self is called a jivanmukta.’ Is this the state that can be called Self- realised? He on, ‘And when one is immersed in the ocean of bliss and has become one with it without any differentiated existence, one is called a videhamukta. It is the state of videhamukti that is referred to as the transcendent turiya (state). This is the final goal.’ Is this the state that can be called enlightenment?
9. It appears essential to meet a guru What is the guru’s role? How to recognise a true guru? stay with that guru. Who is the guru?
10. Sri Ramana’s devotees had tremendous devotion to him, and he to Arunachala. Please say something about bhakti, devotion, in the pursuit of awakening.
11. Seekers often have curious ideas about the enlightened state. Please describe your typical day and how you perceive the world.
12. You have given us a profound discourse on awakening. When you meet a passion for awakening, what would your short advice be?

 

During his travels in India, John David met and interviewed sixteen spiritual masters. All encounters were filmed and transcribed for the book  “Blueprints for Awakening – Indian Masters” – a search for a deeper understanding of the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the great Indian Saint.

This Archive collects the answers each Master has given. 

You can browse the Archive by clicking on the pictures or questions.  

Ajja
Sri Nannagaru Indian Master
Ramesh Balsekar
kiran
Gangolli Spiritual Master
Ganesan

Dayananda 

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
1. Sri Ramana proposed the fundamental question, 'Who am I?'- Who are you?
2. Many Western seekers come to India looking for enlightenment as if it is an experience, What is enlightenment?
3. Are there any qualifications for enlightenment? Is sadhana (spiritu practice) necessary? If yes, what form do you advise?
4. Sri Ramana said that Self-enquiry is the most direct route to reatising the Self. What do you say about Self-enquiry?
How to conduct Self-enquiry?
5. When Sri Ramana was asked, ‘When will the realisation of the Self be gained?’ he replied, ‘When the world which is what-is-seen has been removed, there will be realisation of the Self which is the seer.” What is the true understanding of the world? How to remove the world?
6. It has been suggested that the mind must be destroyed for liberation to occur, Do you have a mind? Sri Ramana used the term manonasha to describe the state of liberation, meaning destroyed mind. How to destroy the mind?
7. What about vasanas, the tendencies of the mind? Must these be removed before Self-realisation can become permanent? Is it enough to achieve a sattvic (calm and peaceful) state of mind and to know one’s vasanas so that they no longer bind? How to remove the vasanas?
8. At the end of his book, Self-Enquiry, Sri Ramana says, ‘He who is thus endowed with a mind that has become subtle, and who has the experience of the Self is called a jivanmukta.’ Is this the state that can be called Self- realised? He on, ‘And when one is immersed in the ocean of bliss and has become one with it without any differentiated existence, one is called a videhamukta. It is the state of videhamukti that is referred to as the transcendent turiya (state). This is the final goal.’ Is this the state that can be called enlightenment?
9. It appears essential to meet a guru What is the guru’s role? How to recognise a true guru? stay with that guru. Who is the guru?
10. Sri Ramana’s devotees had tremendous devotion to him, and he to Arunachala. Please say something about bhakti, devotion, in the pursuit of awakening.
11. Seekers often have curious ideas about the enlightened state. Please describe your typical day and how you perceive the world.
12. You have given us a profound discourse on awakening. When you meet a passion for awakening, what would your short advice be?

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