Suggested Reading:
SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI



the Wanderling


SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: THE LAST AMERICAN DARSHAN
RECOUNTING A YOUNG BOY'S NEARLY INSTANT TRANSFORMATION INTO THE ABSOLUTE DURING HIS ONLY DARSHAN WITH THE MAHARSHI


THE MEETING: An Untold Story of Sri Ramana



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In a review of the first book, above, BE AS YOU ARE: The Teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Elena Gutierrez of the very prestigious Realization.org writes:

"...one of the best instruction manuals for getting Enlightened
that has ever been written..."
(source)



SEE:

COMMENTARY ON ON THE TEACHINGS OF RAMANA MAHARSHI

SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI TIMELINE



Fundamentally, our experience as experienced is not different from the Zen master's. Where
we differ is that we place a fog, a particular kind of conceptual overlay onto that experience
and then make an emotional investment in that overlay, taking it to be "real" in and of itself.


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AWAKENED TEACHERS FORUM


ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT IN A NUTSHELL




GASSHO
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ENLIGHTENMENT

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SEE ALSO:

THE AWAKENING EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN ERA


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Elena Gutierrez starts HER review of the book by stating --- and I am pretty much in accord with what she says and why the recommendation --- "...(the book is) one of the best instruction manuals for getting Enlightened that (has) ever been written." Then she goes into a review posted in the Amazon.com Customer Review section that tears the book apart. Gutierrez then follows up with:

Enlightenment books -- the useful ones -- contain instructions for getting enlightened. You're supposed to follow the instructions, get enlightened, and become wise.

Unfortunately, this reader's (that is, the Amazon.com review writer's) misunderstanding is very common. People think enlightenment is about absorbing wisdom from wise sayings.

Sorry, that's not how it works. The way it works is, the book tells you what to do. The doing makes you wise.


Those few paragraphs make fairly clear my intentions in the matter.

THE ELENA GUTIERREZ REVIEW