In order to understand the essence of Sri Ramana’s teachings, we need to carefully study his original writings
In various comments that he wrote on one of my recent articles, Dṛg-dṛśya-vivēka : distinguishing the seer from the seen , a friend called Joshua Jonathan expressed certain ideas that other friends disagreed with, so the comments on that article include some lively discussions about his ideas. I will not quote all of his comments here, but anyone who is interested in understanding more about the context in which this article is written can read them here , here , here , here , here , here , here and here . The following is my reply to some of the ideas he expressed in those comments: The original writings of Sri Ramana express the essence of his teachings Guru Vācaka Kōvai is also an authentic and reliable record of his teachings The essence of his teachings are based entirely upon his own experience of pure non-dual self-awareness If his essential teachings are true, there are actually no ‘external factors’ that are reliable 1. The original writings of Sri Ramana express the essence...