‘RAMA-HRUDAYAM’ and Self-Realization. Let the aphorisms of ‘RAMA HRUDAYAM’ bless us, in the pathless path of ‘Brahma vidya’ otherwise known as ‘Hrudaya vidya or ‘Athma vidya'.

‘RAMA-HRUDAYAM’ and self-realization.

‘Rama hrudayam’ is the quintessence of Vedanta ( The culmination of knowledge). Lord Hanuman- the devotee-disciple of lord ‘RAMA’, is the first recipient of ‘Rama hrudayam’ from the lord himself.

According to ‘Rama hrudayam’, the all-pervading ‘Brahman’ (Truth-consciousness and bliss) , is the only omnipresent, omnipotent, eternal, and transcendental reality, not limited by space, time and causation. The threefold division ( triputi), of our consciousness, into ‘JEEVA’ (individual self), ‘EASWARA’ (god), and ‘JAGATH’ ( the phenomenal world), is a creation of our ‘EGO’, through ‘BODY-MIND-INTELLECT complex and the five sense organs. The space and the space-occupying objects are nothing but the projection of our own consciousness with thought-constructs. Just like the all pervading space (Mahakasa) is same as the space inside a pot (ghatakasa), and the space seen reflected in a lake (jalakasa); the all pervading ‘Brahman’ ( pure consciousness) is not affected by the ebb and flow of the waves of the phenomenal world, in the ocean of pure awareness.
When a ‘jeeva’ annihilates his ‘EGO’ through' BHAKTHI' ( devotion) ‘JNANA’( self-knowledge ) and'VAIRAGYA’( detachment); ‘EGO LESS NESS’ is established, resulting in dissolution of ‘TRIPUTI’; and then and there the self-effulgent ‘BRAHMAN’ shines forth eternally.

Friends!
Let the aphorisms of ‘RAMA HRUDAYAM’ bless us, in the pathless path of ‘Brahma vidya’ otherwise known as ‘Hrudaya vidya or ‘Athma vidya'.
~Swaathmaaraaman